The bilateral cricket series has not been played between India and Pakistan due to the tension in political relations in recent years. These two countries play each other only in the Asian Cup and ICC level tournaments. These days there is an atmosphere of tension between the Cricket Board of Control in India and the Cricket Board of Pakistan. Actually India had refused to play in the Asian Cup that was going to be held in Pakistan. Pakistan is hosting the Asian Cup to be played in the year 2023. At the same time, Pakistan also refused to play India in the 2023 Cricket World Cup. According to the report, Pakistan has bowed to the BCCI. It is now possible that apart from the match against Pakistan Team India, the remaining matches will also be played in India only.
In the 2023 ICC World Cup, the Pakistani team will be able to play all their matches in India. Although Pakistan wanted to play all the matches of this tournament on a neutral ground Bangladesh. ICC General Manager Wasim Khan also said that the Pakistani team can play the World Cup on a neutral ground like India is doing in the Asian Cup. Bangladesh was not mentioned in the recently concluded board meeting. The emphasis was on playing all matches in India only. In such a situation, Pakistan can now play against itself only in India. According to the Cricbuzz report, the high voltage India-Pakistan match to be played in the World Cup may be held at Chepauk in Chennai or Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
The International Cricket Council has not yet published the schedule of the Cricket World Cup to be played. After the ICC schedule is released, it will become clear whether the Pakistani team will play in India or not. By the way, according to BCCI, Pakistan will play all their matches in India only. BCCI has selected 12 stadiums for the Cricket World Cup 2023. In which the Delhi and Chennai stadiums are also included. In all these stadiums 4-4 matches will be played. And the final match will be held at the Ahmedabad stadium.
