{"id":497981,"date":"2024-01-06T19:20:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=497981"},"modified":"2024-01-06T19:20:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T13:50:19","slug":"india-vs-pakistan-t20-world-cup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/india-vs-pakistan-t20-world-cup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"T20 World Cup: Star Sports unveils poster of India Vs Pakistan match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India will take on arch-rivals Pakistan in a highly anticipated 2024 ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup clash on June 9 at Eisenhower Park in Nassau County, New York. This prestigious tournament will take place from June1 to June 29 and is co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States. After the schedule announcement, Star Sports, the official broadcaster of the ICC event, unveiled a poster featuring the India- Pakistan clash across their social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The banner had the images of newly appointed captain Shaheen Afridi alongside Hardik Pandya in anticipation of the showdown. The post sparked significant confusion among fans about whether Hardik Pandya had replaced Rohit Sharma as captain for the upcoming T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s the game we&#39;ve all been waiting for! \ud83e\udd2f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamIndia<\/a> takes on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pakistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pakistan<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/T20WorldCup2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#T20WorldCup2024<\/a> in New York! \ud83d\uddfd<br>It can&#39;t get any better than this! \ud83d\ude0d<br><br>Will \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 claim their 7\ufe0f\u20e3th T20 WC victory over their arch rivals?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cricket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cricket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a8BDiIZFJ4\">pic.twitter.com\/a8BDiIZFJ4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarSportsIndia\/status\/1743280628685226198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Large number of comments started coming on the social media post. One social media user Sankott said he wanted Rohit Sharma\u2019s photograph on the poster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We want Rohit Sharma&#39;s photo<\/p>&mdash; Sankott (@Iamsankot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Iamsankot\/status\/1743285722847555921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One X user Satya Prakash said Star Sports is spreading hate among Indians. He was of the opinion that everyone should boycott Star Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You guys are spreading hate between Indians.. people should boycott Star sports..<\/p>&mdash; Satya Prakash (@Satya_Prakash08) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Satya_Prakash08\/status\/1743285338708328706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One user\u00a0 Lalatendu Rout asked why Hardik Pandya\u2019s Photo was there in the poster? He further asked how did Star Sports know that Hardik Pandya will be captain??<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why Hardik Pandya in the poster ? How do you know that he will be the captain??<\/p>&mdash; Lalatendu Rout (@Littu85) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Littu85\/status\/1743293027496632512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> One user Gurmeet Singh joked Rohit Sharma had been sacked from his job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rohit sacked \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fDRib95aBB\">https:\/\/t.co\/fDRib95aBB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gurmeet Singh (@VK18THEGOAT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VK18THEGOAT\/status\/1743308604847935689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One social media Shashank Thakkar user said Rohit Sharma was Team India\u2019s captain and he suggested people should unfollow Star Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImRo45?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImRo45<\/a> is our captain upload his pic Otherwise <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/unfollowstarsportsindia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#unfollowstarsportsindia<\/a> please trend this guys<\/p>&mdash; shashank thakkar (@sbittu1986) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sbittu1986\/status\/1743506672507813977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One user Vasant Shirol asked why Hardik Pandya\u2019s photograph was there on the poster. He said the team for the T20 world cup had not even been announced yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why Hardik  Pandya? Team is not yet announced.<\/p>&mdash; Vasant Shirol (@ShirolVs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShirolVs\/status\/1743569634358591620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another user Bhandia Jaba asked had Star Sports already decided that Hardik Pandya is going to be the captain of the Indian team for the upcoming T20 World Cup?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Have you already decided that Hardik Pandya is going to be the captain of the Indian Team for the upcoming T20 World cup?<\/p>&mdash; Bhandia Jaba (@Bhandia_Jaba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bhandia_Jaba\/status\/1743603910898549227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> One user Adarsh Kumar Yadav said people should stop fighting among themselves as this was all because of photo shop and pictures could be changed with a single mouse click.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Rohit would captain in T20 WC 2024, then What would you say ?<br><br>Guys, these are just one photoshop away , Rohit be captain and then they change from everywhere like it was never there&#8230; Don&#39;t fight or say anything to them.<br><br>I am surprised why they didn&#39;t chose VK ?<\/p>&mdash; Adarsh Kumar Yadav (@AdarshKY673) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdarshKY673\/status\/1743322214009799043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Sports, the official broadcaster of the ICC event, unveiled a poster featuring the India- Pakistan clash across their social media platforms.The banner had the images of newly appointed captain Shaheen Afridi alongside Hardik Pandya in anticipation of the showdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":497983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"T20 World Cup: Star Sports unveils poster of India Vs Pakistan match","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1525,6,110599],"tags":[160926,145604],"yst_prominent_words":[],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2024\/01\/06191714\/AnyConv.com__T20-World-cup1.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497981"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=497981"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=497981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->