One day The World Cup arriving on Indian soil after seven years to participate in Pakistan Cricket Team has started practice in the stadium of Hyderabad, the capital of the southern state of Telangana, on Thursday morning.
The Pakistani team arrived in Hyderabad via Dubai last night, where hundreds of Indian fans warmly welcomed the Pakistani team outside the airport and hotel.
Videos of Pakistan team’s warm welcome in Hyderabad are viral on social media. Pakistan cricket fans are so excited to see their team’s welcome in the neighboring country that the trends of ‘Thank you India’ and ‘Welcome Pakistan’ in India continued on Pakistani social media.
After the wonderful reception from the Indian fansPakistan Cricket Team Captain Babar Azam And fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi expressed his feelings on Instagram.
Captain Babar Azam shared a picture of the reception at the airport and wrote, “The love we received in Hyderabad captured us,” while fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi wrote on his Instagram story, “This is the best ever.” Welcome.’
It should be noted that India had issued visas to the Pakistan cricket team 48 hours before for the World Cup. On which the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also warned the International Cricket Council (ICC) that the delay in the issuance of visas may have negative effects on the preparations of the Pakistan team in the tournament.
Pakistan will play a practice match against New Zealand tomorrow (Friday), but due to tight security, fans have been prevented from attending the match.
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In the tournament, 48 matches will be played in 10 different venues for 46 days while the final of this mega event will be played on November 19.
Pakistan have two warm-up matches to play. The first match will be played against New Zealand on September 29 and the second against Australia on October 3. Both the matches will be played in Hyderabad.
Pakistan will begin their World Cup campaign against the Netherlands on October 6 in Hyderabad before facing arch-rivals India at the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad on October 14.
Pakistan and India have not played bilateral series for many years and only face each other in Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and ICC tournaments.
Babar Azam hopes for a win in the World Cup
Captain Babar Azam had said in a press conference before leaving for India for the World Cup 2023 on Tuesday that he has faith in his players and he believes in them more than himself.
While holding a press conference in Lahore on Tuesday afternoon, Babar Azam gave a detailed discussion regarding the team’s preparations and the players and answered the questions of the journalists.
Babar Azam said that ‘Before the Asia Cup we were the number one team, because of these boys we became number one. Individual and overall team performance was affected in two matches. There is and has been talk of improving the performance of our players and team.
According to him: ‘The Asia Cup was a tournament of a different region and its conditions were different. This tournament is worldwide, in which we will adopt different strategies. We will go there and see the conditions and take decisions accordingly.’
Babar Azam further said that he makes different mistakes in every match, he does not make the same mistake in every match. A player can never be satisfied. As a professional athlete it is seen how quickly you learn from these mistakes. Fielding mistakes have been made and they are being worked on so as not to repeat them.’
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