New Delhi: Shahid Afridi, a former captain of Pakistan, made a significant announcement on Saturday, just days before the big India vs. Pakistan T20 World Cup 2022 match, which will take place at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on October 23. Afridi thinks that the current Pakistan cricket squad, which is headed by Babar Azam, has made Pakistan once again one of the Indian cricket team’s biggest rivals.
He claimed that under MS Dhoni’s leadership, India had beaten Pakistan so frequently that they were no longer significant. According to Afridi, Dhoni changed the strategy used by the Indian squad throughout his tenure. But that is no longer the case. After defeating India twice in a calendar year, Babar’s Pakistan shown that they are no longer a pushover.
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It was the first time Pakistan had defeated India in a World Cup when they did it at the T20 World Cup last year. India had never before suffered a World Cup defeat to Pakistan. In the ODI World Cup, the Men in Blue are still unbeaten. At the Asia Cup, Pakistan defeated India once more to prevent them from moving on.
“Agar aap India ke team ko uthake dekhe, pichle kuch aarse main, Dhoni ke daur me agar aap dekhe toh unhone aapni approach ko change kardiya. Unhone Pakistan team ko…woh joh Pakistan-India hota tha woh khatam kardiya tha. Kyunki woh continuous jeetein jaa rahein the. Unhone soch badli apne, unhone Australia, England, South Africa…uss level pe unke jo top batsmen the unhone unke saath muqabla karna shuru kardiya tha. Unhone Pakistan ko, sorry to say, side main rakh diya tha. Par aab woh cheez wapas aa rahein hain and of course wapas ayegi. Approach bohot important he to decide aap apne aap ko kis level me rakhna chahatein hain,” Afridi was quoted as saying on Samaa TV.
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English translation of Afridi’s quotes: “Under Dhoni, India had changed their approach. He had finished the rivalry between India and Pakistan. Because under him, the team would always win. They changed their approach and started seeing Australia, South Africa and England as their main competitors. They had kept Pakistan on the side. But now things have changed. Pakistan are coming back and are one of the toughest challenges for India.”
More than a billion people will be glued to their televisions as Pakistan tries to overcome India once more at the World Cup. The forthcoming encounter between India and Pakistan will be interesting with 90,000 spectators watching the event live at the legendary MCG.
