Cricket Australia chief government Nick Hockley has expressed their curiosity in internet hosting an India vs Pakistan bilateral sequence in Australia. The marquee India vs Pakistan bilateral sequence has not been performed since 2012-13. The 2 groups solely meet at world ICC occasions.
“If we will play a task in serving to and facilitating the India vs Pakistan bilateral sequence, we’d be very happy to take action,” Hockley instructed The Indian Specific throughout a choose media interplay.
Within the recently-concluded 2024 T20 World Cup, the 2 nations performed their group-stage match in New York, which India gained by six runs. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian crew ultimately gained the trophy, whereas Babar Azam’s Pakistan had been knocked out from the group stage.
After the 2022 T20 World Cup, the place 90,293 witnessed a last-ball India vs Pakistan thriller on the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG), the Melbourne Cricket Membership (operators of the MCG) and the Victorian authorities have expressed the will to host the 2 groups in bilateral matches on the MCG.
“Given the schedules, we haven’t had formal discussions in that regard, however we’ve mentioned it on the report that we’ll be blissful to host the India vs Pakistan bilateral sequence,” mentioned Hockley.
Way forward for ODI cricket
Though Australia are the defending champions of one-day cricket, CA chief Nick Hockley steered that the 50-over bilateral sequence will need to have some contests to maintain ODIs afloat within the close to future.
“The ODI World Cup which India hosted final 12 months was unbelievable. I feel the ten-team format, the place each sport counts is superb,” he mentioned.
“I feel the problem for world cricket is to make sure that all bilateral sequence will need to have a contest. Every sequence will need to have penalties, just like the Check matches, which enable you to progress within the World Check Championships (WTC) finals.
“We want one thing comparable for the white ball format. Be it the rankings and different components that relate to the {qualifications} for the World Cups.
“From an Australian perspective, we’d proceed to worth all three codecs and would additionally need that every bilateral sequence will need to have penalties by way of {qualifications} for the World Cups,” he added.
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