The arch-rivals last played a Test against each other in 2007
31 October, 2022
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Pakistan and India are involved in talks to play a historic Test match on Australian soil after the cricketing world witnessed epic class at the T20 World Cup on October 23, which saw over 90,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
The arch-rivals last played a Test against each other in 2007 and it has been over ten years since they last played a white-ball series Since then, the two have only met when they have been drawn against each other in ICC and ACC tournaments.
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As per former Australian all-rounder Simon O'Donnell, there's also plans for a Test match to be held Down Under.
"That [their T20 World Cup clash] was extraordinary,"O'Donnell said on SEN Radio.
"That game itself is the one that's held the tournament up so far, people keep referring back to it. There was 90,000 at a neutral venue, there was extraordinary emotion, the scenes of the game, the tightness of the game, the pressure," he added.
"It was magnificent sort of stuff, to the level that I can say there will be discussions being had, or there are discussions being had to play a Test match here," he maintained.
O'Donnell claimed that there is also the possibility of a triangular ODI series between India, Pakistan and Australia
"There's also the possibility of a triangular One-Day series between India, Pakistan and Australia or a Test match between India and Pakistan. My word there are [conversations happening] in the wake of this [T20 World Cup clash]. There are already discussions taking place," he concluded.
