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Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera Staff

In cricket-crazy Kashmir, the India-Pakistan World Cup clash tests emotions

An Indian police officer plays cricket on a deserted road during a strike in Srinagar [Danish Ismail/Reuters]

Indian-administered Kashmir – It’s always a highly charged affair whenever India and Pakistan play each other in cricket, but in the disputed, conflict-torn region of Kashmir, it’s on another level entirely.

As in the past, Saturday’s ICC Cricket World Cup clash between the two countries, held in the northern Indian city of Ahmedabad, brings risks – as well as some opportunities – to residents in cricket-crazed, Indian-administered Kashmir.

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