Due to severe rain on Saturday, the highly anticipated Asia Cup Group A match between India and Pakistan at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy was cancelled.
The Asia Cup 2023 match between India and Pakistan was cancelled on Saturday at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy owing to continuous rain. After India scored 266 in 48.5 overs, no further play was allowed. At 9 p.m. IST, it appeared that Pakistan would begin their run chase, but the rain returned before umpires could return to captains. once an hour, the umpires opted to shake hands because the cut-off time for 20-over was 10:27 PM and groundsmen would have needed 45 minutes to prepare the ground once the rain ceased.
