Dubai Cricket Council Chairman, Abdul Rahman Falaknaz, has expressed hisintentions to host Pakistan-India bilateral series. Falaknaz believes thatUAE would be the perfect venue for the arch-rivals to renew the rivalry onthe field and give their fans the joy to see the two countries face offagainst each other.
Falaknaz said, “The best thing would be to get India-Pakistan matches here.When Sharjah used to host India and Pakistan all those years ago, it waslike a war. But it was a good war, it was a sporting war and it wasfantastic.”
He said that they would try and convince the two cricket boards to playagainst each other in the country and they will try to conduct thesematches on a regular basis. He added that it would be a fantasticopportunity to promote the game of cricket in the UAE and worldwide.
Falknaz said that he will try and convince the Board of Control for Cricketin India (BCCI) to play a series against Pakistan and if they agree thenDubai will be willing to host the series between the two nations.
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The two teams recently went head to head in Dubai in the 2021 T20 WorldCup. The Men in Green ran riot at the ring of fire and defeated theirarch-rivals by 10 wickets to register their first-ever World Cup victoryagainst India.
Pakistan and India have not faced each other in a bilateral series since2012/2013 when Pakistan toured India to play a three-match ODI series and atwo-match T20I series. Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1 while the T20Iseries finished 1-1.
