Mansour bin Mohammed attends the India-Pakistan Summit at Dubai Sports City
His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, affirmed that the UAE has proven, with practical evidence, that it is capable of receiving the world and that it is the ideal place to host and organize major international events in various fields, including sports events, based on the vision of the wise leadership that stands behind An integrated work system characterized by flexibility and ability to keep pace with changes, while placing human safety and happiness at the forefront of priorities, and mobilizing for this goal all the elements that guarantee its achievement in accordance with the best international standards at various times, in addition to the UAE’s long and rich history of achievements in hosting and organizing major events.
This came while His Highness attended an important sports summit that included the T20 Cricket World Cup between India and Pakistan in the match that was held this evening (Sunday) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai Sports City, in the presence of His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and President The Emirates Cricket Council, His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, and His Excellency Saeed Hareb, Secretary General of the Dubai Sports Council, and His Excellency Abdul Rahim Mohammed Al Zarooni, Founding President of Dubai Sports City, attended the match.
His Highness said: "The UAE has well-deservedly proven its ability to host the world, and we follow daily tens of thousands of visitors flock to Expo 2020 Dubai, the largest event of its kind in the world, and today we are witnessing a unique sporting event awaited by hundreds of millions of fans of this sport around the world." It will be held on Dubai stadiums, with a large audience in attendance, which encourages us to move forward in the development process according to a vision that aims to reach the first place in various fields of giving and within various fields, including the sports field.”
His Highness, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, also expressed that every resident and visitor to the country feels that he is in his homeland, and that he finds the event he is looking for, as all events and sports gather in one place, including the Cricket World Cup, which is being held for the first time in the UAE and on the stadiums of Dubai Sports City. After the great success achieved by the country hosting the matches of the Indian Pro League Cricket for two consecutive seasons.
The match was also attended by His Excellency Khalid Al Zarooni, Chairman of Dubai Sports City, Sourav Ganguly, Chairman of the Cricket Supervision Board, Jay Shah, Secretary General of the Board, Ramez Raja, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pakistan Cricket Board, and His Excellency Afzal Mahmood Mirza Sultan Mahmud, Ambassador of the Republic of Pakistan. Islamic Pakistan to the UAE, His Excellency Pavan Kapoor, Ambassador of the Republic of India to the UAE, and Jeff Ardis, CEO of the International Cricket Council.
More than 20,000 spectators in the stadium and more than a billion followers on television enjoyed the match, which lasted for more than three hours, filled with the most intense competition, especially as it is the first between India and Pakistan in more than two years, as it was their last confrontation in the 2019 Cricket World Cup. It was established in England.
The match also represents the pinnacle of competition in cricket due to the great popularity of this sport in the two countries, which contributed to making it the most exciting match and watched globally, as it is watched by more than one billion people around the world, and the matches of India and Pakistan are watched by more than 90% of cricket fans in the world. .
Dubai will host thirteen matches in the Cricket World Cup currently being held in the country, including the final match scheduled for November 14.
It is worth noting that in addition to the large Indian and Pakistani communities in the UAE, large numbers of cricket fans have flocked to the country from all over the world to follow the World Cup competitions in general and to watch the India-Pakistan match in particular.
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