An Island town stops to watch India and Pakistan clash today

Pakistan gamers supply prayers previous to their coaching session in Pallekele on the eve of their conflict in opposition to India. (Image courtesy – Venkata Krishna B)

Since Friday morning, the city, with a inhabitants of only one,11,701, has been buzzing, witnessing one thing new, with the influx of cricket vacationers from the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, bringing some elements of the city to a standstill. (READ MORE)

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 Weather Report: Dark clouds making way for India vs Pakistan to go ahead

Pallekele Weather:: Cricket followers, their our bodies painted within the colours of the nationwide flags of India and Pakistan, pose for pictures in Ahmedabad, India. (PTI)

Over the final two days, Pallekele has been waking as much as extraordinarily gloomy situations with darkish clouds hovering round. Although the rain has stayed away since Thursday, the forecast was quite bleak for Saturday night with 90 per cent of rain predicted until 6 pm. (READ MORE)

Don’t believe those who tell you that a India-Pakistan match is ‘just another game of cricket’

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (left) with India captain Rohit Sharma.

Starting in the present day, India and Pakistan can probably conflict 5 occasions over the following two and a half months and these may probably be the video games the place, as Wasim Akram writes in his guide, life would all of the sudden flip bitter for the losers. (READ MORE)

Asia Cup 2023: The model exams before the ICC World Cup test

India’s captain Rohit Sharma, proper, and coach Rahul Dravid attend a apply session forward of their Asia Cup match with Pakistan in Pallekele on Friday. (AP Photo)

Though that is the primary ODI between these storied rivals because the 2019 World Cup in Manchester, the place India and Pakistan have been in reverse spectrums, the tide has modified. In the four-year interval, Pakistan have grown from power to power in limited-overs cricket and in multi-national tournaments and have eclipsed India. For the latter, it gained’t be a foul time to alter the development, significantly with the World Cup across the nook. Having dominated bilateral sequence at house, they’ve proven a bent to slide in occasions just like the Asia Cup and ICC occasions. (READ MORE)