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Ravichandran Ashwin’s sudden retirement from worldwide cricket has allowed the 38-year-old to now turn into the primary particular person to realize a slightly distinctive factor. Ashwin is amongst 14 Indian gamers to have made greater than 100 Take a look at appearances for India, and one among 78 gamers within the historical past of the sport to take action. Nevertheless, Ashwin will go down because the first-ever participant within the 147 years since Take a look at cricket started with 100 or extra Take a look at caps who has by no means performed a single match towards Pakistan. Whereas Ashwin is the primary within the checklist, he may quickly have two of his teammates be part of him.
India’s frosty relations with Pakistan inside and out of doors the world of cricket has seen the 2 nations not play a single Take a look at match towards one another since December 2007. With Ashwin’s profession starting after that, he grew to become the first-ever participant to retire with greater than 100 Take a look at caps, however having by no means performed Pakistan.
Ashwin may quickly be joined on the checklist by Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara within the checklist. Kohli and Pujara have each by no means confronted Pakistan, regardless of registering greater than 100 Take a look at matches every.
Given the best way issues have turned out relating to the Champions Trophy, neither nation will tour one another in any type of cricket until a minimum of 2027, by which era, each Kohli and Pujara might have referred to as time on their very own careers.
The one chance of Kohli or Pujara enjoying towards Pakistan can be a possible World Take a look at Championship (WTC) ultimate, which might happen in a impartial venue. With Pakistan out of the race within the 2023-25 cycle, such a situation may solely happen from the subsequent cycle onwards.
Which means any India-Pakistan Take a look at encounter is very unlikely till a minimum of 2027.
India and Pakistan will subsequent sq. off within the Champions Trophy 2025 at a impartial venue, regardless of Pakistan being the event’s authentic hosts.
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