Star Sports servers will be extremely busy today as millions of cricket fans will watch the India vs Pakistan match on the live-streaming platform.
The high voltage encounter will be played today, September 10, 2023, in Colombo at 3:00 PM onwards.
Colombo weather
The good news from Colombo is that bright sunshine has welcomed both the teams’ players at the practice session, and if the same weather continues throughout the days, we are going to witness a cracking nail-biter.
The India-Pakistan match, which was postponed due to rain in Pallekele, will now be played in Colombo on September 10. However, the weather in Colombo is not looking good either, with a 90% chance of rain. There is also a reserve day for this match, but the forecast for that day is also not good, with an 80% chance of rain.
This is the only match in the Super Four round with a reserve day. The other games will be played as scheduled, even if it rains.
TV telecast and live streaming details
The Asia Cup 2023 will be telecast live on Star Sports in India and on PTV Sports in Pakistan. The live streaming will be available on Hotstar.com in India and on the PTV Sports website in Pakistan.
Here are the details of the telecast and live streaming:
India: Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports Select 1, Star Sports Select 1 HD, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 2 HD, and Star Sports Tamil.
Pakistan: PTV Sports, Ten Sports, and its digital platform, PTV Sports Live.
Live streaming: Hotstar.com in India and the PTV Sports website in Pakistan.
Team news
Pakistan, of course, announced their XI yesterday itself. After their last match against India, Pakistan has made one tactical change, replacing spin allrounder Mohammad Nawaz with seam allrounder Faheem Ashraf.
Pakistan slipper Babar Azam is optimistic about today’s match and thinks they have an edge over their arch-rivals; CricBuzz quoted Azam saying, “Given the continuous cricket we are playing both in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, you can say that we hold an edge (over India). We have been playing here in Sri Lanka for the past two months or so. We have played Tests, we played a series against Afghanistan and then the LPL, so it can be said that we have an advantage.”
The selection of venues and schedule has come under much criticism from cricket experts. They question the idea of playing matches in Pallikele and Colombo when rain is forecast.
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