The attacks were carried out and orchestrated by Pakistanis, who India accused the Pakistan state of supporting and later shielding.Ĭricketing relations were soon cut and ever since the two teams have met only sporadically, almost exclusively when they are compelled to face off in major tournaments. That has been the scenario since heated political tensions between the two were dramatically exacerbated by the Mumbai attacks in 2008.
India and Pakistan rarely compete at cricket, the game which dominates both the sporting and cultural landscape in both countries. This time a trophy will be on the line.īut the sporting prize is just a part of what will make the occasion such a spectacle and so intense.
To get a scale of just how big the occasion is, when the two teams met in the 2015 World Cup, in what was just a preliminary game, an estimated worldwide audience of one billion people tuned in. Open Final Round, A Billion Will Tune Into Champions Trophy Final Renewing a sporting rivalry that puts almost all others in the shade, India will take on its neighbor Pakistan Sunday in the final of cricket's ICC Champions Trophy, a scaled-down, elites-only version of the World Cup. It is unlikely to get much mainstream exposure in the United States, but that doesn't mean there won't be plenty of people across the 50 states tuning into what is likely to be one of the most-watched, if not the most-watched, global sporting events of 2017.
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