Report Wire

News at Another Perspective

Salaam Cricket 2021: Difficult to organise Indo-Pak matches in India as a consequence of ticket demand, says Sourav Ganguly

3 min read

All eyes of the cricketing fraternity can be on India and Pakistan once they lock horns within the T20 World Cup’s fourth match of the Super 12 on Sunday in Dubai. India and Pakistan will lock horns on the Dubai International Stadium (AFP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSIndia will tackle Pakistan of their T20 World Cup opener on Oct. 24Pakistan have by no means overwhelmed India in ICC World CupsI by no means felt any totally different strain in India-Pakistan matches: Sourav GangulyThe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly stated organising India vs Pakistan matches turns into very tough in India as a result of huge demand for tickets which is why he discovered it comparatively simpler to take the sport to the United Arab Emirates to kick-start the T20 World Cup.

All eyes of the cricketing fraternity can be on India and Pakistan once they lock horns within the T20 World Cup’s fourth match of the Super 12 on Sunday in Dubai.This would be the first time Kohli will lead the Indian staff in a T20 World Cup in seek for his maiden ICC title. It may even be the final time Kohli will captain the Men in Blue within the shortest format.”It is not the first time that we are starting a World Cup with an India-Pakistan match. In 2015 we started with a match against Pakistan. Maybe not in 2019, the Champions Trophy started with a match against Pakistan and then there was the the final,” Ganguly informed stated on Salaam Cricket 2021.”This keeps happening because there is a lot of interest in that game. It is not too difficult to organise them. It didn’t feel like a difficult match even when I was playing.”People used to say there’s a totally different strain in India-Pakistan matches, I by no means felt that. The first time I grew to become the CAB president, the India-Pakistan match of the 2016 World Cup occurred on the Eden Gardens and that was my first as an administrator.”It is even more difficult to organise this match in India because there is so much demand for tickets. The attention on that match is just different over there which is not really the case over here,” the previous India captain added.India and Pakistan have met 5 occasions within the T20 World Cup with the Men in Blue profitable all 5 contests. The solely ICC match match that India misplaced towards Pakistan was the 2017 Champions Trophy remaining during which Kohli was the captain.”In the World Cups we have a good record against Pakistan and in the past few years India have, with due respect, dominated them. Pakistan was a very strong team once but slowly India caught up.”Our setup and construction is so good that we are able to make good gamers. There is a lot ardour for this sport in our nation, everybody desires to be participant. So it should all the time be very wholesome,” Ganguly stated.Click right here for IndiaAt present.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.