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- The T20 World Cup 2022 starts on October 16
- The main matches of the World Cup will be played from October 22
- India vs Pakistan match in Melbourne on 23 October
T20 World Cup 2022 IND vs PAK: Preparations for the T20 World Cup 2022 continue. Now there is less than a month left for its launch. That means the countdown has started. All the teams are busy preparing by playing different series. The Indian team will also play the last series before the World Cup. At the same time, the Pakistani team plays the series against England. Four matches of the seven-match T20 series have been completed and there are now three more matches to go. Meanwhile, the first game of this year’s World Cup is going to be very important for the Indian team. The India team will face Pakistan starting on October 23. Before this, great news has come out that you should know.
Teams from Sri Lanka and West Indies will play the Qualifiers
The T20 World Cup 2022 will start from October 16. But the qualifying rounds will be played on the first few days. Although there are many teams in the qualifiers, but the big teams like Sri Lanka and West Indies will also have to go through the qualifying round this time, if these teams win the match here, they will be seen playing more. After the qualifiers, the main matches will start from October 22. The first match will be played between Australia and New Zealand on October 22. After this, the teams from Afghanistan and England will meet in the afternoon of the same day. There will be a clash between the teams of India and Pakistan on October 23. This match will go to Melbourne, that is, the Indian team’s Melbourne mission will start from this day.
The big game India vs Pakistan will happen again after Asia Cup 2022
The teams from India and Pakistan do not play series against each other, but whenever there are ICC or ACC tournaments, these teams always clash. It was only in August and September that there was a big match between the two teams in the 2022 Asia Cup. The league stage match was played on August 28 at the Dubai International Stadium, which the Indian team won by five wickets. . After this, both teams made it to the Super 4. In the Super Four, both teams met again on September 4. Pakistan then defeated Team India by five wickets. The Indian team failed to reach the Asian Cup final and the Pakistan team had traveled to the final, but in the final, Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan and captured the Asian Cup trophy.
Preparations have begun for the match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Now news is coming from Melbourne that the Melbourne Cricket Ground staff have started preparing for this big match. Some footage of the preparations has been shared from the official Melbourne Cricket Ground Twitter handle, showing that the preparations are going very fast as there are not many days left for this match. In the photos, there is a lot of grass on the ground and the pitch also looks quite hard. There’s not a lot of swing on the Australian course anyway, but there’s enough bounce, so the ball hits the bat well too. Although the Melbourne Cricket Ground is quite large and a large number of spectators watch the match sitting here. In the T20 World Cup 2021, there was a match between India and Pakistan team at Dubai International Stadium. The Indian team had to face defeat in this match. It will be interesting to see which team shows up this time.
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