India versus Pakistan clash is due to take place October 23 at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The Super-12 stage will get underway on October 22 with the match between New Zealand and Australia while the much-awaited India versus Pakistan clash is due for October 23 at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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On the eve of the marquee event, ICC organised a Captains' Day, where the skippers of all 16 participating teams interacted with the media.
Besides, the apex body also held a photoshoot and now the pictures of India captain Rohit Sharma and his Pakistan counterpart Babar Azam are doing rounds on social media.
Taking to Instagram, ICC posted pictures of Rohit and Babar with the background sound: "What? Did we just become best friends? Yup."
During the media session, Rohit spoke about the India-Pakistan match and said: "We understand the game against Pakistan, but there is no point of talking about it everytime and creating that pressure within yourselves. Whenever we meet against the Pakistan players, we talk about how they are, how the families are. We just talk about what is going on, how is life and what new car they have bought or they are about to buy."
Talking about the encounter, Babar said: "Whenever you play against India, it is always a high-intensity game. Fans also wait for this match, we enjoy the contest on the field. We try to play good cricket and we look to give our best."
Both India and Pakistan feature in Group 2 in the Super 12 stage alongside South Africa, and Bangladesh while two teams will join them from the qualifiers.