After India registered a thumping 243-run victory towards South Africa on Sunday for his or her eighth win on the trot, the hosts appear unstoppable within the event.
Throughout a dialogue on ‘A Sports activities’, Pakistan’s bowling legend Wasim Akram stated that each group within the World Cup should be considering the identical query in the mean time.”I believe each group within the World Cup should be precisely considering the identical factor proper now, together with New Zealand, South Africa, and Pakistan, whoever will play them within the semi-finals. They’re trying excellent,” Akram stated candidly.
Akram then acknowledged the planning which underwent to make this Indian group within the run-up to the mega occasion.
“Yeh sirf is World Cup se nahi huwa. Yeh planning saal-dher saal se ho rahi hein unki. Most important participant, jab choti groups aati hai…jab Australia ki jo sequence huwi thi Asia Cup ke fauran baad, usme primary participant nahi kheley the. Suryakumar [Yadav], jo inko rakhna tha squad me unko khilaya. Yeh planning se hota hain. Aise hello kuch nahi hota,” Akram added.
Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq defined how different groups need to work on psychological facets to face India.
“Sabse pahle toh mentally aapne battle se nikalna hai. Unhone pahle hello itni achi cricket khelke itna strain har group ko kar diya hain ki..greater than 50% battle toh woh pahle hello jeetey hote hain. Sabse pahle kisi bhi group to unhe robust time dena hai toh pahle mentally isse nikaley ki hum achcha khelengey aur jeetengey,” Misbah stated.
Misbah and Shoaib Malik, one other former Pakistan skipper, agreed that at this stage solely Australia seemed able to giving India a troublesome time.
“I believe solely Australia will give a troublesome time to India,” Malik stated.
Misbah additional added that the strain at knock-out phases will give opponents an out of doors likelihood towards this Indian aspect.
“Jo bhi ho jaaye, ek cheez toh verify hain. Yeh group stage hain, and once they go into the knock-out phases, jitni group achcha khel rahi hoti hain, favorite hoti hain, utna hello strain aap pe jyada aata hain. As soon as koi bhi group aapko beneath strain ek-do baar karengi, then they [India] have so much to lose,” Misbah stated.
Cricket World Cup 2023: India crush South Africa by 243 runs, prolong successful streak to eight matches in ODI World Cup
To which, Malik countered by saying, “Strain ko sabse jyada achha deal bhi yahi karte hain.”
Misbah once more agreed to Malik however nonetheless added that it’s going to give an out of doors likelihood to different groups.
“They deal strain properly, nevertheless it gave an out of doors likelihood to the opposite groups additionally,” Misbah concluded.
