ICC Fan Park set up in Rawalpindi for India-Pakistan World Cup match

ICC Fan Park set up in Rawalpindi for India-Pakistan World Cup match

……. Asghar Ali Mubarak …..

ICC Fan Park has been set up in Rawalpindi for the World Cup T20 match between Pakistan and India. In the ICCT20 World Cup, the match between Pakistan and India will be held in New York on June 9,

but the cricket fans in Rawalpindi, 11 thousand kilometers away, will also enjoy this match in Pindi stadium of their city. The International Cricket Council announced to build a fan park in Rawalpindi during the Indo-Pak match on June 9.

ICC has announced to build 9 fan parks in 5 countries for various matches during the T20 World Cup in America and West Indies, which will be opened for cricket fan 90 minutes before each match. These fan parks are set up in Rawalpindi, New Delhi, Birmingham, Johannesburg and Texas USA.

India and Pakistan will meet in New York on Sunday, June 9. ICC Fane Park has been set up in Rawalpindi for the India-Pakistan match. In total, 22 matches of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be shown live in these 9 fane parks, including DJs to entertain the public in these fans parks.

Food and drinks are also catered for, this will be the biggest ever ICC broadcast. According to the ICC spokesperson, for the India-Pakistan match, the fans will enjoy the cricket match on the big screen in the fans park at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

It should be remembered that the T20 World Cup has started from June 1 and Pakistan and Pakistan in Group A of the event. The Indian teams will compete in New York on June 9.

Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has alleged that the ticket price for the match scheduled in New York between traditional rivals has reached 20 thousand US dollars (56 lakh Pakistani rupees). .

Due to the political tension between the two countries, Pakistan and India compete only in ICC competitions. The last time the two teams met was in the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. India defeated Pakistan in the match in Melbourne.

Pakistan and India will be competing for the 13th time at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. So far, the Indian team has won 9 out of 12 matches, while Pakistan has won only 3.

This match is very important for Pakistan as Pakistan are in danger of being knocked out of the tournament in the first round after their shock loss to the 18th ranked USA team .

Earlier, in the 2019 and 2023 World Cups, the Pakistani team had to face the same problem and the national team failed to reach the next stage on both the occasions.

Pakistan also has a long history of being defeated by new teams in the World Cup competitions where the national team lost to Bangladesh in the 1999 World Cup, Ireland in the 2007 World Cup and this time Pakistan continued its unwanted tradition by losing to the USA.