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“Getting it into the Commonwealth Games is a great idea,” he said. The 43-year-old accountant, who had travelled up with his wife and two young sons from near London, also believes the women’s game will get a big boost from making its Games debut in Birmingham. “At the same time, we appreciate a good shot by an opposing player and they do as well which is nice to see.” There is a lot of banter, then again good banter and that is fun. “Yet unlike rival football club supporters, we are sitting together. “This is the biggest rivalry in cricket, no matter if it is men, women or Under-19,” he said. Somaiya, who was wearing a court jester hat in the Indian colours, said the players set an example themselves by being friends off the pitch. Vyas’s friend, Piyush Somaiya, echoed those sentiments. “Us normal Indian and Pakistani people we can form the roots of a bigger friendship through cricket.” He added: “There are certain things our two countries are fighting over but let others deal with political issues. “They both have the same passion for cricket, too many things are there for the basis of a friendship.” “This is a great opportunity today - look at that Pakistani boy, he is around the same age as my son. “If I cannot interact with my Pakistani friends, how will I be friends with them? “This can be a uniting force,” the 47-year-old told AFP. To him, sporting clashes between Pakistan and India present an opportunity for engagement between the two sets of supporters. Vyas travelled from London with his two teenage children and his sister. Pharmaceutical consultant Rahul Vyas said the match at the Commonwealths - otherwise known as the “Friendly Games” - was “a wonderful place to increase love, harmony and peace”.
India then rattled off the runs to win by eight wickets inside 12 overs, with Smriti Mandhana making 63 not out. The Pakistani fans impressed with their fancy dress - one dressed in a “Mad Hatter”-style costume in the national colours and another wearing a superhero-style outfit with a shock of green hair.īut it was the Indian fans who had more reason to cheer as their rivals were bundled out for just 99 in their 18 overs. The sun eventually appeared and the match was reduced from 20 to 18 overs per innings, with Pakistan batting first.
Spectators tried to keep dry in the steady early drizzle as Birmingham rock band Electric Light Orchestra’s “Mr Blue Sky” blared out.
They have not faced each other in a bilateral men’s series since Pakistan toured India in 2012-13 for a set of one-day internationals (ODIs) and T20 matches during a brief thaw in relations.īut there was none of that tension as thousands of fans from the sizeable Birmingham-based Indian and Pakistan communities gathered at Edgbaston to watch the women’s teams do battle on Sunday. India cut bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan after attacks in Mumbai in 2008 that New Delhi blamed on Islamabad. Political tensions mean cricketers from the two countries currently only meet in multi-nation events. Australia’s cricketers are favourites for gold in Birmingham but there is nothing to match the fierce rivalry between the two cricket-obsessed South Asian nations.