For the first time since the 2011 World Cup, India are not guaranteed to meet Pakistan in an ICC event. They have faced each other in five ICC tournaments since 2011, but cricket’s traditional rivalry will not be on show in the group stages of 2020 T20 World Cup in Australia. This is because Pakistan and India are No. 1 and No.2 respectively in the T20I rankings and are placed in different groups for the next T20 World Cup.
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