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Today, it's one of the world's biggest sporting rivalries, with fans from both sides in one stadium.

Today, we're talking about India versus, facing off in a highly anticipated cricket match

right in Nassau County.

Behind the rivalry is a painful history, why this India-Pakistan match is bigger than just cricket.

I'm Malika Pilar, and this is The Take.

Cricket is the world's second-most-watched sport,

but there's nothing bigger than when India and Pakistan face off.

When the two teams played late last year, nearly 400 million people watched in India alone.

It's like Super Bowl on steroids.

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 to check it all

out.

There's a large crowd gathering at Eisenhower Park in Long Island, New York.

For locals, the scene is far from normal.

This was just a park a few months ago.

But now it's home to a pop-up stadium, the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.

And it's about to host one of the world's biggest sporting events.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience.

Today is India versus Pakistan.

At any international cricket tournament, an India-Pakistan match is the centerpiece.

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