India, Sept. 12 -- The World Championship of Legends has once again scheduled an India-Pakistan clash, setting up the possibility of another round of controversy barely a year after the two sides failed to take the field against each other twice in the same tournament. The third edition of the WCL will be staged in the UAE from October 3 to 18, with India Champions and Pakistan Champions pencilled in for a high-profile league-stage meeting at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on October 10.

The match is scheduled for 7.30pm local time, which is 9pm IST, and is comfortably the biggest fixture of the league phase on paper. However, given what unfolded in the 2025 edition, the announcement is likely to trigger immediate questions over...