"Ready To Have Battle With Shoaib Akhtar": Virender Sehwag's Plans On For India vs Pakistan World Cup 2023 Game

28.06.2023 - 02:53 sports.ndtv.com

The ICC 2023 World Cup schedule is out with the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team playing the Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team on October 15 in Ahmedabad.

The two teams have a great rivalry on the cricket field and play against each other in only ICC events. Regardless to say that the match between the two teams will be a closely watched affair.

At the fixtures announcement event, former India opener Virender Sehwag gave his insights on the match. "Everybody knows that all the focus is going to be on the India vs Pakistan match.

I am ready to have a battle with Shoaib Akhtar during that game… on social media. The record says that India haven't lost a World Cup game to Pakistan," Sehwag said at the World Cup fixtures announcement event. "We are ahead 7-0, out of which we have chased just once.

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