The Asia Cup Group A match between India and Pakistan took place on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium, and Rohit Sharma and company emerged victorious, defeating their bitter rivals by five wickets. The star of the show was Hardik Pandya, who put on an all-around performance to lead India to victory. After taking three wickets, Hardik played a match-winning inning of 33 runs in just 17 balls to help India cross the finish line with two balls remaining.
However, Shoaib Akhtar, a former Pakistani pacer, was unimpressed with the cricket on display, adding that both teams actively sought to lose the match and that it was a “bad day of cricket.”
“I’d like to congratulate both Pakistan and India. Both teams attempted to lose the game, and India came close to doing so. Hardik Pandya helped India cross the finish line despite their best efforts to lose the game. You only tell me what to say if Rizwan makes 45 out of 45 balls. In Pakistan’s first six overs while batting, there were 19 dot balls. You will get into trouble if you play too many dot balls “On his YouTube channel, Akhtar stated.
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“Babar Azam and Rohit Sharma, both of whom served as captains, made poor selections. Pakistan started Iftikhar Ahmed at No. 4 while India benched Rishabh Pant. No offence meant to him. Babar shouldn’t open; instead, he should bat one down and serve as the innings’ anchor, as I have repeatedly argued. Open with Fakhar and Rizwan, “He went on to add.
Akhtar went on to criticise both teams’ selection decisions “Both teams played poorly, with Pakistan’s batting order being a particular problem. You can only imagine how poor the calls were on both sides when you consider that India sent Ravindra Jadeja at No. 4.”
“I was unable to understand Babar Azam’s reasoning because Pakistan then sent Shadab Khan in front of Asif Ali. It is a truly awful game of cricket. Pakistan failed to calculate the outcome of the final over. Cricket was played on a bad day. Both groups performed poorly. I don’t care what others think; I didn’t like it at all “Added he.
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