2023 World Cup: Former Pakistan cricketer Rana Naved-ul-Hasan claims ‘Indian Muslims will help Pakistan’

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, a former quick bowler for Pakistan, not too long ago made a controversial comment concerning the eagerly anticipated Indo-Pak match within the upcoming 2023 World Cup. Naved-ul-Hasan has claimed that ‘Indian Muslims will support Pakistan’ in its essential matches towards the Men in Blue.

When requested which staff will begin because the favorite within the 2023 World Cup sport and the way a lot help will Pakistan obtain, the previous Pakistani right-arm seamer responded on the Nadir Ali Podcast, “India is the favourite if there is any match in India. Muslims of India support Pakistan instead of India when Pakistan’s match takes place in India.”

The high-voltage encounter between India and Pakistan is ready to happen at Ahmedabad’s iconic Narendra Modi Stadium on October 15, 2023. The match shall be a part of the ODI World Cup which is scheduled to happen in India in October and November 2023.

Notably, that is the primary occasion within the historical past of the ODI World Cup that all the match shall be held in India.

Each staff will face each different staff not less than as soon as as a result of the video games shall be performed in a round-robin format. The 4 groups with the very best scores after 9 video games for every staff advance to the semifinals.

The match shall be performed by 10 groups, out of which eight are already qualified- India, Pakistan, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. The different two spots shall be crammed after the qualifying matches between a number of groups like West Indies, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Nepal, Oman, and many others.

India, however, has a spotless file towards their arch-rivals, having gained every of their seven video games since their preliminary encounter in 1992.

Since the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 schedule was launched just a few days in the past, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has continued to take care of that the staff will solely journey to India for the competitors when the federal government has given its clearance.

On Saturday, July 8, 2023, Ehsaan Mazari, the minister for sports activities in Pakistan, said that his nation would withdraw from the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in India if India avoids travelling throughout the border for the Asia Cup.