statement on its website. Ahead of the match, Ahmedabad police have also issued a notification designating the city a “no-drone zone", Times of India report stated. There was no opening ceremony held for the ICC Cricket World Cup which is being hosted in India, however, a pre match event has been planned by the BCCI ahead of the India vs Pakistan match.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that Bollywood singers Arijit Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, and Sukhwinder Singh will be performing ahead of the match. The musical event will begin at 12: 30 pm. Earlier reports had stated that the event will be held only for half an hour and is expected to start at 12:40 pm and will be concluded by 1:10 pm while the toss will be held at 1:30 pm.
Rohit v Shaheen, Kohli vs Rauf, Azam v Bumrah, Iftikhar v Kuldeep will be the clashes to watch out for. Rohit Sharma has struggled against Shaheen Shah Afridi's left-arm pace in the few outings the two teams have had in recent times. At the T20 World Cup in Melbourne last year, Virat Kohli came up against Haris Rauf in a challenging chase.
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