By: Sandipan Bose
It is a Super Sunday for all sub-continent fans. Because India and Pakistan would be playing against each other in the Champions Trophy. And top it all, it’s more than a cricket match for sure.
Both the team would be feeling the heat and the ones who have the advantage is India. Simply because of superior batting line-up and bowling attack. But the magic of India-Pakistan match is that anyone can become a hero.
With these two teams not so regular in bilateral series, this kind of games in multi-team tournaments become very big in terms of interest levels. Commercially too, nothing can beat the India-Pakistan game.
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It’s a cult match. The fans who are in the UK are only hoping that rain doesn’t play a spoil-sport and a bright sunny day brings the biggest contingent of Asian fans at the Headingley Stadium.
This is the very place, where most of the high-profile Asian weddings take place in the stadium complex. Therefore, India-Pakistan match is more of a celebration rather than a battle.
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It is the match of the tournament, which will soak cricket followers into excitement. The players too have the same kind of excitement and can’t wait to reach the field. This also a kind of game which could put heart in your mouth.
In the past, the fans have suffered and even the cricketers weren’t able to return home after losing to either nations. But what everyone forgets is that this is just a sport and not a war on the field.
Like true lovers of sports, we should all embrace this thought and move on with the great game of cricket!
