Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar had an surprising encounter with Pakistan captain Babar Azam in New York. The duo had been concerned in an intimate chat after bumping into one another within the eating space of an resort. Whereas Babar is within the Large Apple for the continuing T20 World Cup, Gavaskar can also be a part of the commentary staff for the event. In a video uploaded by Pakistan cricket, Gavaskar will be seen explaining one thing with Babar rigorously listening to the dwelling legend.
Babar additionally clicked an image with Gavaskar, with each shaking palms whereas posing for a photograph firstly of the video.
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Pakistan kick off their T20 World Cup marketing campaign on Thursday towards co-hosts USA. Nonetheless, the staff has been below fierce criticism of former gamers following the sequence defeat to England earlier this week.
Babar has additionally been criticised by the previous gamers for hiding behind the selectors and never choosing the right gamers for the event. The match towards USA can be an enormous one in context of the present situation as few days later, Pakistan will come up towards arch-rivals India.
India have misplaced solely as soon as to Pakistan within the T20 World Cup in seven conferences with their solely defeat coming in 2021 when the Virat Kohli-led facet misplaced by 10 wickets on the Tremendous 12 stage.
Forward of the match towards Pakistan, Babar suggested his facet to remain calm and stick with fundamentals throughout the much-awaited T20 World Cup conflict.
“We all know the Pakistan-India fixture generates extra dialogue than some other match. There’s a totally different vibe altogether for this fixture, and there is lots of pleasure too not simply amongst gamers but in addition among the many followers. Wherever you go on the earth, you will have folks speaking concerning the India-Pakistan match with everybody supporting their nation. Each fan eagerly waits for this fixture and focuses on this one explicit match,” Babar stated in a PCB podcast.
“Clearly, the expectations and the hype round this match causes some nervousness. All of it comes right down to the way you deal with it and the extra you give attention to the fundamentals, the simpler it will likely be for you as a participant.
“It is a sport of immense strain, and in the event you maintain your head cool, keep calm and belief your onerous work and abilities, issues can be simpler,” Babar added.
(With PTI Inputs)
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