'Super Sunday' Showdown!
Updated On: 09 June, 2024 07:41 AM IST | New York | R Kaushik
India hold advantage over under-pressure Pakistan, who face must-win situation against arch-rivals in New York today
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India players during a practice session in New York on Friday. Pic/Getty Images
It’s the showdown the world has been waiting for with bated breath. India and Pakistan don’t play bilateral series any longer—the last was more than a decade back, in 2012-13—and therefore every time they meet in continental or global events, interest ratchets up. This time, ahead of their T20 World Cup clash at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, the stakes are higher than ever before.
India and Pakistan were expected to sail through from Group ‘A’ to the Super Eight stage of the competition, an expectation that has taken a beating after Pakistan’s shock Super Over loss to United States. Suddenly, a fixture that was massive only because it involved the two Asian giants but not because it might influence qualification has become a huger outing with a larger picture looming as a significant subtext. Pakistan must win to keep their prospects alive, a second victory in as many games will propel India to the brink of the second phase, to be held in the Caribbean.
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