World Cup 2023 / The date of India-Pakistan match may change, this big information came to the fore

World Cup 2023: India and Pakistan will once again be face to face in the World Cup. According to the ICC schedule, the India-Pakistan clash will be on October 15. But now there are reports that the date of this match may change. According to media reports, the India-Pakistan match can now be held on October 14 instead of October 15. Actually Navratri is starting from 15 October and it is celebrated with great pomp in Ahmedabad. Security arrangements are very tight during this festival. Now if the India-Pakistan match will also be held on October 15, then it will not be easy for the security agencies to provide tight security at both the places. In such a situation, the security agencies have advised the BCCI to change the schedule of the India-Pakistan match.

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup | India versus Pakistan match likely to be rescheduled on October 14. It is originally scheduled for October 15. Security agencies advise BCCI for this, as the date for the start of Navratri clashes with the match day: Sources

— ANI (@ANI) July 26, 2023

Thousands of fans are in big trouble!

Now there are reports that the India-Pakistan match can now be held a day earlier i.e. on 14 October at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. But if this happens, thousands of fans may get a shock. Let us tell you that more than one lakh people will reach the stadium to watch the India-Pakistan match. Many of these people will reach Ahmedabad from other parts of the country or abroad. According to October 15, people must have booked their flights and hotels to stay. Now if the date of this match is changed then what will happen to their booking?

Not only hotels, hospital beds are also booked in Ahmedabad

You will be surprised to know that the craze for the India-Pakistan match to be held on October 15 is such that all the hotels in Ahmedabad have been booked three months before the match. There will hardly be any hotel in Ahmedabad where any room is vacant for 15th October. The price of hotel rooms in Ahmedabad has also increased by 20 times. The rent of five star hotel rooms is being told up to 75 thousand per day.

By the way, not only hotels, many people have also booked hospital beds for non-availability of hotel rooms. According to reports, people have booked hospital beds for a day to watch the India-Pakistan match in Ahmedabad. The excuse is of full body checkup, but the target of the fans is being said to be the India-Pakistan match. However, if the India-Pakistan match takes place on October 14, then what will happen to the fans' hotel and flight bookings? This has become a big question.

Match date may change

Last month, when the ICC announced the ODI World Cup 2023 matches, the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, with a capacity of over 1 lakh spectators, got to host four matches. According to the report of the Indian Express, a BCCI official while talking to him said that we are considering the options available with us and a decision will be taken soon. Security agencies have told that high profile games like India and Pakistan, for which thousands of fans are expected to reach Ahmedabad. At the same time, security agencies and police would be involved in the arrangements for Navratri.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah has written to the state associations hosting World Cup matches to attend the meeting to be held on July 27. In this meeting, the board can tell the members about the security arrangements in Ahmedabad and a new date can be fixed for the match between India and Pakistan.

Fans may get a shock

If the date of the World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Ahmedabad is changed, then it will be no less than a shock for the fans. Several media reports have claimed that hotels in Ahmedabad are already booked for October and even homestay options have run out. There has also been a huge increase in the rent.

Such is the record of both the teams

Whenever there is a match between India and Pakistan, the fans get very excited. The excitement is at its peak in the cricket stadium. There have been 7 matches between India and Pakistan in the ODI World Cup so far and Team India has won all the seven matches. The last time both the teams met in the ODI World Cup 2019, India defeated Pakistan by 89 runs.