Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Yuvraj Singh, Chris Gayle: Galaxy of Stars in New York for Blockbuster IND vs PAK World Cup Clash | Watch

A galaxy of stars has descended upon the Nassau Cricket County Stadium to witness the marquee India vs Pakistan contest at the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Ricky Ponting, Ravi Shastri and Chris Gayle were among the yesteryear stars present at the venue with ICC sharing clips of them meeting India players ahead of the match which was delayed by rain.

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Ponting also gave a sneak peak into the Indian change room giving a short tour to the viewers. Later, ICC shared a video of the Australia legend meeting Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant among others.

Tendulkar aka Little Master also met with India cricketers with young Yashasvi Jaiswal touching his feet even as the legendary batter waved at the fans gathered at the stadium for the contest.

Chris Gayle was busy getting his blazer signed by both India and Pakistan players including Virat Kohli, Babar Azam and fast bowling legend Wasim Akram.

Yuvraj Singh, a brand ambassador of the world cup, carried the glittering world cup trophy to the field.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and opted to bowl first against India.

“The conditions suit us, we have four fast bowlers. We will try to use it to our best. Past is past, we are looking forward to today’s match, we are ready and will give our 100 per cent,” Babar said during the toss.

India captain Rohit said he would’ve bowled first too.

“Would’ve bowled first too. We need to assess how conditions play and come up with an idea of what a good score is. We’ve spoken about what we need to do as a batting unit to get a good score and then we’ve got the bowling unit to defend. Every game is important in a World Cup, you can’t just show up. Anything can happen,” Rohit said.

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