Sourav Ganguly (proper) in motion in opposition to Shoaib Akhtar.© AFP
A brand new chapter is ready to be added within the long-standing cricket rivalry between India and Pakistan as the 2 groups play in opposition to one another in a Champions Trophy recreation on February 23 in Dubai. Arch-rivals India and Pakistan do not play bilaterals ever because the 2012-13 sequence because of the elevated political tensions between them. This makes a match between the 2 sides uncommon and much-more particular. Solely ICC occasions and Asia Cup are the tournaments the place the 2 groups are seen in opposition to one another and the craze among the many followers for the video games is simply incomparable.
Forward of India’s upcoming match in opposition to Pakistan, Netflix is ready to launch a cricket documentary sequence “The Best Rivalry – India vs Pakistan”. It can premiere on February 7. Week forward of the discharge, the over-the-top (OTT) platform shared a glimpse of what’s within the field.
Within the shared trailer, former India captain Sourav Ganguly recalled the 1996 Friendship Cup, a sequence of 5 matches between the arch-rivals in Canada.
“It was a Friendship tour solely in identify, however when Shoaib Akhtar goes to bowl at 150 kilometres an hour, the place is the friendship in that?” Ganguly could possibly be heared saying within the video.
Reacting to the actual a part of the video, ex-Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar wrote on X, “Dada @SGanguly99 you are superior. Indian cricket is incomplete with out you.”
Dada @SGanguly99 you are superior. Indian cricket is incomplete with out you. pic.twitter.com/tRtb58EGp2
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) January 29, 2025
The sequence goals to discover “the drama, ardour and high-stakes depth of this rivalry on the house soil of each nations.” It’s directed by Chandradev Bhagat and Stewart Sugg, knowledgeable Netflix in a press launch.
“The Best Rivalry” will narrate many untold tales of the primary India-Pakistan ODI match in addition to function interviews of former cricketers from the neighbouring international locations — Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Sunil Gavaskar, Waqar Younis, Javed Miandad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Shoaib Akhtar recalling their experiences and unveiling secrets and techniques, it stated.
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