New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has strongly backed the much-anticipated India vs Pakistan match in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 going ahead as scheduled. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ash ki Baat, Ashwin expressed 100 percent certainty that the high-voltage Group A encounter on February 15 in Colombo will take place, despite the Pakistan government's recent directive to skip the fixture.

The controversy erupted when the Pakistan government announced that its team would join the T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, but would not face India in the group stage. The decision, made in apparent support of Bangladesh's grievances with the ICC, has left the cricket world stunned. Unlike previous ...