‘Abhi se dar rha hai ye toh’ – Fans react to Babar Azam’s ‘there are eight other teams and it’s not only India’ statement ahead of ODI World Cup 2023

Finally, yet another day for the epic clash between India and Pakistan is all set with both the powerhouses in cricket clashing on the biggest stage of the ODI World Cup. The fact which makes this event a blockbuster event is that it is taking place in India this time. The marquee contest is set to take place on October 15th at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan, said that all nine of their ODI World Cup matches against India on October 15 will be significant. The tournament does not revolve around just one game, he added. In Karachi, where the team is holding a training camp before the Sri Lanka Test series, Babar spoke to the media.

“We are going to play World Cup and not just going to play against India only. There are eight other teams and it’s not only India and only if we beat them then we will make it into the final. We are not focused on only one team, we are focused on all other teams in the tournament. Our plan is that we have to play well against all of them and win against them,” the captain of the Pakistan cricket team said.

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Pakistan have nine league games scheduled, with Hyderabad as their first stop out of five. On October 6 and 12, respectively, they face Netherlands and Sri Lanka, the other two qualifiers. The important match is their next one, which is on October 15 when they go to Ahmedabad for the match against India.

After that, they travel south to Bengaluru to play Australia on October 20 before continuing on to Chennai to play South Africa on October 27 and Afghanistan on October 23. Following their games against Bangladesh and New Zealand in Bengaluru and Kolkata, respectively, Pakistan then plays its last league-stage match against England in Kolkata.

The government must approve Pakistan’s participation, though there is a provisional authorization that will be reconsidered closer to the tournament. There are no further obstacles at this time other than the customary security reconnaissance before the squad takes off.

As per the latest enhancement made into the matter, a letter has been written to the government, the PCB asked for input on whether the Pakistani team should be allowed to visit India, whether there were any concerns with any of the five locations for the Pakistan games, and whether the Pakistani government should send a security delegation if necessary.

Here are some of the tweets from the fans about how they feel about the topic;