Another Take: The biggest rivalry in sport – India and Pakistan in cricket
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on June 12, 2024. None of the references have been changed.
Whenever India and Pakistan meet in cricket, it’s one of the world’s most-watched sporting events, and June 2024 was no different. We went to the stadium for a screening of the highly-anticipated T20 match, played on neutral ground in New York, to capture the sights and sounds, and explain the significance of one of the world’s biggest sporting rivalries.
In this episode:
- Ashish Malhotra (@amalhotra2), producer at The Take
- Tabish Talib (@tabish_talib), senior producer at AJ+
Episode credits:
This episode was updated by Chloe K. Li. The original production team was Ashish Malhotra, Tabish Talib and Tamara Khandaker, with Duha Mosaad, Chloe K Li, and our host, Malika Bilal..
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Andrew Greiner is lead of audience engagement. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:10.6 | Hi, I'm Chloe K. Lee, and this is another take, where we dive into the archives. |
| 0:17.8 | On Sunday, India and Pakistan cricket fans will fill the T20 World Cup Stadium. |
| 0:23.8 | The two countries have a long rivalry. This match is marked by controversy. We brought you that |
| 0:30.8 | episode on Friday. Today we look back at a previous match. This episode was published on June 12, 2024. |
| 0:40.0 | All references are from that time. |
| 0:50.9 | Today, it's one of the world's biggest sporting rivalries, with fans from both sides in one stadium. Today, it's one of the world's biggest sporting rivalries, with fans from both sides in one stadium. |
| 0:58.0 | Today we're talking about India versus Pakistan facing off in a highly anticipated cricket match right in Nassau County. |
| 1:05.0 | Behind the rivalry is a painful history, why this India-Pakistan match is bigger than just cricket. |
| 1:15.0 | I'm Malika Pilar, and this is the take. |
| 1:24.9 | Cricket is the world's second-most-watched sport, but there's nothing bigger than when India and Pakistan face off. |
| 1:34.9 | When the two teams played late last year, nearly 400 million people watched in India alone. |
| 1:41.8 | It's like Super Bowl on steroids. |
| 1:52.0 | This past weekend, India and Pakistan played a match in New York as part of the ongoing T-20 Cricket World Cup. And our producer, Ashish Malhotra, a superfan himself, went to the stadium |
| 1:59.0 | to check it all out. |
| 2:07.5 | There's a large crowd gathering at Eisenhower Park in Long Island, New York. |
| 2:10.1 | For locals, the scene is far from normal. |
| 2:12.6 | This was just a park a few months ago. |
| 2:18.0 | But now it's home to a pop-up stadium, the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium. |
| 2:21.5 | And it's about to host one of the world's biggest sporting events. |
| 2:25.9 | Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience. |
| 2:30.3 | Today is India versus Pakistan. |
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