Once again, India and Pakistan shall rekindle their historic rivalry by locking horns on the pitch at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the end of February, this time in the UAE. With the BCCI not wanting to send the Indian side to Pakistan for the ICC tournament, the fixture will have to be held on neutral territory.
According to Sourav Ganguly, former Indian captain, as he reminisced over the 1996 Friendship Cup match between the teams for an occasion where tempers ran and froze, the match was in many ways symbolic of warm friendships between players but was hardly befitting because “when Shoaib Akhtar is charging up at 150Kmph where is the friendship in that,” as he was pictured saying in a promo for Netflix.
Responding to the maverick batter, Pakistani pace sensation Akhtar posted on the social media platform X: “Dada @SGanguly99 you are awesome. Indian Cricket is incomplete without you.”
The biggest rivalry told by the legends who lived it 🏏✨
— Netflix India (@NetflixIndia) January 29, 2025
Dive into a tale of passion, glory, and cricket’s fiercest rivalry in The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan, from 7 February, only on Netflix.#TheGreatestRivalryIndiaVsPakistanOnNetflix… pic.twitter.com/31K1CC6YHK
The teaser of the upcoming Netflix documentary, “The Greatest Rivalry: India Vs. Pakistan,” saw legends within the game sharing accounts that spoke to the competitive nature of such rivalries.
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The series will deliver on what it says: “The greatest rivalry, as told by the legends who lived it.” Dive into a tale of passion, glory, and cricket’s fiercest rivalry in ‘The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan’ on Netflix, from 7 February,” the OTT platform announced.
Dada @SGanguly99 you're awesome. Indian cricket is incomplete without you. pic.twitter.com/tRtb58EGp2
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) January 29, 2025
The ICC Champions Trophy commences with hosts Pakistan and New Zealand facing off on the 19th of February. The Indian team will get its campaign underway a day later against Bangladesh.
