The T20 World Cup has already got underway and expectedly the initial twists and turns were there in the contests held so far in keeping with the ‘unpredictability’ norm of this format. And yet for cricket-loving fans, officials and all who matter in this sport, the look out now is for what will unravel on this coming Sunday when the marquee clash between India and Pakistan is scheduled. Will this contest be held is the million-dollar question considering the way things have been turning out in the wake of Bangladesh’s exit and Pakistan’s stance on that!

Politics and Sports, it is often said, should never be mixed in any way but such is the current geo-political tensions perhaps that they are getting intertwined and the biggest victim, it must be said is the sport itself. In this instance cricket, easily the most popular sport in this part of the world. A hint of this came on the final day of the Asia Cup tournament held in the later part of last year in Dubai. India defeated Pakistan and what followed was chaos in place of a normal prize distribution function. All that is past now and just when everyone was looking forward to another phase of cricket excitement has come a fresh cloud of uncertainty or better........

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