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India and Pakistan Jump Straight to the Cricket Quarterfinals! 🏏

The cricket teams from India and Pakistan will start playing in the quarterfinal round right away. 🏏

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Key Points

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India and Pakistan received direct entry to the quarterfinals.

The decision came from the Asian Games cricket draw.

Cricket has been part of the Asian Games four times now.

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This happened because of the special draw for the Asian Games cricket competition.

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5 words

quarterfinal

the round where eight teams play to decide who goes to the next round

draw

the way teams are matched up or placed in a tournament

direct entry

going straight to a later round without playing earlier games

Asian Games

a big sports event where many Asian countries compete

cricket

a sport played with a bat and ball, popular in India and Pakistan

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