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In a delightful piece of news for Indo-Pak cricket fans, the Pakistan cricket team landed in India on Wednesday, September 27 for the ODI World Cup 2023. The entire squad, alongside skipper Babar Azam, received a warm welcome and amazing hospitality in India. Meanwhile, the Pakistan players have also started their practice in Hyderabad.
Notably, the men in green will lock horns with New Zealand and Australia, respectively in their two warm-up matches. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad will host both the matches of Babar Azam and Co. Later, the 1992 World Cup champions will start their campaign in the ODI World Cup 2023 on Friday, October 6.
Pakistan will play their campaign opener against the Netherlands at the same venue in Hyderabad. Following that, they will be playing against Sri Lanka on October 10. Apart from that, they’ll also cross swords against the arch-rivals and the hosts, India in a high-octane clash at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday, October 14.
Recently, Pakistan didn’t have an expected outing in the Asia Cup 2023, where they were knocked out of the tournament after a close defeat by 2 wickets in the last super-4 match against Sri Lanka. Pakistan were one of the few teams who announced their squads quite late around the commencement of the tournament.
Here’s a look at the Pakistan squad for the ODI World Cup 2023:
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, and Mohammad Wasim.
Interestingly, the Pakistan cricket team have arrived in India after a long wait of 7 years since their last visit to the T20 World Cup 2016. They are also among the favourite teams who could make it to the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup 2023.
Here’s how fans reacted to the Pakistan cricket team starting their practice ahead of ODI World Cup 2023:
Kal Biryani, Aaj cricket. Welcome to India 🇮🇳
— Pratik (@fake_engineer7) September 28, 2023
They landed last night and reached the hotel late at night and now started the training early in the morning woahhhh🔥
— waqas (@icricketfreak) September 28, 2023
Wow. Full dedication 👏💪
— Anupama Singh (@anupamaasingh) September 28, 2023
Best wishes to Babar Azam and Pakistan team as they practice in Hyderabad, with warm-up games beginning tomorrow. 🏏🇵🇰🔥
— A H A D 🚩 (@Xh_Sahib) September 28, 2023
Good luck Pakistan!
— Mohit (@MohitMe11065970) September 28, 2023
अतिथि देवो भव:
— Mohit (@MohitMe11065970) September 28, 2023
Stay Blessed Pakistan
— Bushra.♥️🇵🇰 (@BushiSays) September 28, 2023
Good luck for 1.5 months ✌🏻♥️
Good Luck Team Pakistan For World Cup ☑️
— Fateh.Sher🇬🇧Cheema (@FatehSher36) September 28, 2023
Good to see how competition is going to be there.👍👍
— siddharth gautam (@siddharth272462) September 28, 2023
World cup journey starts
— Muhammad Yahya (@myahya__) September 28, 2023
सही है मेहनत कर रहे है काफी अच्छा खेल होगा।
— Ankit Verma (@TechyWicket) September 28, 2023