The team India will play against arch-rivals Pakistan on 24th October to begin their journey in the upcoming T20 World Cup in UAE. It was on Tuesday International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the fixture of the most awaited encounter. India, Pakistan, and New Zealand are placed in Group 2, along with two other teams –first placed Round 1 qualifier from Group B and second placed Round 1 qualifier from Group A.
Meanwhile, the former Indian cricketer and specialist opener Gautam Gambhir feels that it would be beneficial for India to play against Pakistan in the league stage of the tournament in the upcoming T20I World Cup in UAE. The former cricketer speaking on Star Sports show Game Plan felt that playing Pakistan early in the tournament will help the Indian team to focus on the remaining of the tournament.
Former Indian cricketer stated that “In 2007 as well, when we went out to win the World Cup, our first game was again Scotland, which was washed out, but then practically, our first game was against Pakistan. And that is exactly what I mentioned it is important to play Pakistan in the early stages of the tournament because what happens is—you don’t want to keep thinking about Pakistan—you can finish it off initially and concentrate on the entire tournament, and it is exactly same for the fans and the country as well”.
He further added by saying that” Irrespective of what the results are, I am happy for both the countries that they are going to play against each other in the initial stage”.
The most awaited T20I World Cup 2021 will be happening in UAE and Oman will begin on 17th October till 14th November. The finals of the T20I World Cup will be played in Dubai. The tournament will begin with a Round 1 Group B match between the hosts Oman and Papua New Guinea on October 17, with Scotland and Bangladesh, the other teams in Group B will face each other in the evening match.
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The teams that are in Group A are Ireland, Netherland, Sri Lanka, and Namibia will begin the T20 World Cup2021 campaign on 18 th October. The Round 1 matches running till October 22. The top two teams in each group will proceed to the Super 12 stage of the tournament, beginning on October 23.
