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Pakistan’s rare jam-packed Test season is just a few sleeps away. While there has been a lot going around the series lately, with matches being shifted and players being released, Pakistan team management has not delayed the announcement of the playing XI for the first Test match which will begin on August 21 against Bangladesh at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.  Led by the new captain Shan Masood, who will be captaining the side for his second assignment, the Pakistan team has decided to field four pacers with Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah leading the attack and Mohammad Ali and Khurram…

We are at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and it’s a November night in 2022. The ground is tearing at the seams with attendance numbers shining brightly on the screen. The number is nearly 1 lac spectators. Mind you, this game is in a country miles away from both the nations competing at the G today. Also, there are millions watching this game online with bated breath. But its not stuff for news. India versus Pakistan games have always sent seismic waves across the world just like this. Many think the craze this rivalry enjoys is because of the political tensions…