India, Feb. 10 -- The Indian camp offered its first reaction a day after Pakistan softened their stance on a potential boycott and put the marquee Group A clash of the 2026 T20 World Cup back on the table. The February 15 encounter in Colombo will be the third World Cup game for both teams.

Speaking to the media at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday, ahead of India's second match against Namibia on February 12, assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said the development came as no surprise to the players, adding that they had always expected the fixture to go ahead.

"First of all, it's great that the game is back on. We never changed our preparation or our thinking that the game wasn't going to happen," ten Doeschate said. "We...