India vs Pakistan Live Cricket Score, T20 World Cup 2022: Sun out in Melbourne ahead of the match

“How is it possible for tickets to be sold out in just 10 minutes?” a local Melbourne Radio host wonders. A more rhetorical query wouldn’t have possibly crackled over Melbourne’s airwaves in recent times. This is a city that regularly hosts the Aussie Open Grand Slam and the Boxing Day Test. It has also witnessed the ODI World Cup finals. But still, Melbourne was surprised by the speed at which tickets for Sunday’s World T20 game between India and Pakistan got snapped up online. (READ MORE)

Former Indian bowler Harbhajan Singh clashed with a Pakistani anchor on his channel when the conversation steered towards BCCI Secretary Jay Shah’s announcement that Indian wouldn’t tour Pakistan for the Asia Cup next year. Shah, who is also the ACC chief, set into motion plans to change the venue of the Asia Cup to a neutral spot and the declaration of said plan has caused ripples in the Pakistan cricket community. Singh was part of a panel called to discuss the issue. (Read More)

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Some 'Kaala Chasma' vibe outside the Big G.

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Devisha Shetty had watched Suryakumar Yadav woo cricket, while living it up in his 20s, like most youngsters of that age do. In 2018, Devisha, his wife of five years who’s known him for a decade, watched him finally commit to the game, shrugging off his wild days. The new rising of the sun that Indian cricket is witnessing, and which might reach phenom international star proportions, was the flame Devisha watched grow into the Surya blaze of now. (Read More)

Creating a problem and then forgetting it.. typical English behaviour. 😂 https://t.co/MJaak8NZO1

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Sunil Gavaskar reckons Pakistan holds the advantage (“51% Pakistan, 49% India”) ahead of the India-Pakistan T20 world cup game in Melbourne. “Whenever India-Pakistan match starts, it always starts with 50-50% percentage,” said former Pakistan captain Younis Khan on the same Ary News channel. (Read More)

If as predicted, India-Pakistan game gets hit by the rain and a curtailed 8-10 over match ensues, who should open? Shoaib Malik, former Pakistan captain, reckons Pakistan should open with the same combination of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. “The opening should be same. You can make changes from No.3 to No.5 – keep it flexible. We don’t know what situation might arise,” Malik told A Sports. (Read More)

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Fans of India and Pakistan shake their legs on the beats of dhol outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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Before every India-Pakistan cricket game, a cliche gets played on loop on both sides of the border. “It doesn’t matter if we don’t win the Cup but India / Pakistan shouldn’t lose to Pakistan / India”. The nouns in that line are interchangeable, depending on the geography. Hidden in this casual remark is the essence of a bitter rivalry that overrides rational thought and limits ambitions. (Read More)

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Shot out for Team India's Delhi boys from the Big G.

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Big games call for unexpected, unorthodox decisions. And there aren’t many games bigger in the sporting realm than India and Pakistan meeting on a cricket field. With the two meeting for the seventh time in the T20 World Cup on Sunday, The Indian Express looks at some of the unexpected, unorthodox moments that took place in their previous matches. (Read More)

It was a question from a fan who had included the names of players he felt showed poor body language on field when out of form. The names taken were Shaan Masood, Haider Ali, Khushdil Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, and Mohammad Hasnain. Misbah-ul-Haq didn’t take the names of the players but addressed how a lack of positive body language affects the entire team. (Read More)

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Shaheen Shah Afridi is a Picasso.

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Three years ago when Haris Rauf moved to Hobart as part of an exchange programme between Pakistan Super League’s Qalandars and the Hurricanes, the Rawalpindi-born paceman found a friend in Haryana-born Mayank Gupta A beautiful friendship and lots of kadha chai brewed over the few weeks that Ambala’s Mayank Gupta spent as a roommate with Pakistani pacer Haris Rauf in December 2019 in the Australian city of Hobart, long before the bowler became a big name. When India meets Pakistan in their opening T20 World Cup game in Melbourne Sunday, far away in Ambala (Haryana), Gupta might find himself in two minds on whom to support. He wants India to win, but at the same time he will instinctively hope that his friend Haris Rauf does well. (Read More)

There have been signs of relief with reports predicting it to be a cloudy evening ahead of the match between India and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. There has been a fear of rain since the past few days and many fans have been praying for the weather gods to take a Sunday off. The stadium is expected to be a full house and all tickets have been sold for the marquee clash at the T20 World Cup. (Read More)

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A Pakistani fan has tied up his identity card on his neck. In case something happens to him during the game. His family can be contacted.

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Since Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled KL Rahul, trapped Rohit Sharma in front and finished off the job when he had captain Virat Kohli miscue a bouncer to the keeper last October in a Group game of the T20 World Cup, a lot has changed in Indian cricket. Kohli’s reign as captain ended soon, Rohit Sharma was handed the reins, Rahul Dravid took Ravi Shastri’s place in the coach’s hot seat. A slew of experiments followed, in terms of personnel, batting spots but India have stuck to the tried and tested and the few changes have been brought about because of injury. (Read More)

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There is a carnival outside the 📍MCG. hours before the first ball.

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India-Pakistan games aren’t for the faint-hearted. It is not just the players’ skills, but temperament also plays a significant factor in the outcome. There will be match-ups and The Indian Express argues about the crucial moments which might play a big role in the T20 World Cup clash between India and Pakistan. If the rain gods stay away, we will have another cracker at the MCG on Sunday. (Read More)