The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ramiz Raja has made an enormous revelation on how he deliberate the dismissal of the star India National Cricket Team opening batsman, Rohit Sharma, with Pakistan National Cricket Team captain Babar Azam forward of the ICC Men’s T20 World 2021 within the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
When India and Pakistan went head-to-head within the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final yr, the Virat Kohli-led Team India misplaced the match by 10 wickets towards the Babar Azam-led Pakistan.
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Winning the toss and bowling first, Pakistan restricted India to 151/7. Chasing the goal, openers Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam batted brilliantly and chased down the goal in 17.5 overs. The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 win of Team Pakistan was their first victory towards Team India in a World Cup match.
The tempo spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi gained the Player of the Match award for his 3-wicket haul towards India. He bagged the wickets of Rohit for a golden duck, KL Rahul for 3 and Virat Kohli for 57.
I requested Babar what are your plans towards India – Ramiz Raja
Speaking on a BBC podcast, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ramiz Raja recalled his chat with Pakistan captain Babar forward of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021.
Raja stated that he had requested Babar about his plans towards India earlier than the workforce left for the World Cup. The PCB chief added that he instructed Babar to make use of left-arm pacer Afridi towards Rohit to dismiss him simply.
“Babar Azam was here with the Chief Selector before leaving for the World Cup, and I asked him what are your plans against India,” Ramiz stated.
“I can tell you how to get rid of Rohit Sharma right now and Babar was intrigued. I said get Shaheen Afridi bowling at 100mph, get a man at short-leg. Just bowl that inswinging yorker at 100mph and do not give him a single and keep him on strike. You will get him out.” he added.
Meanwhile, the arch-rivals India and Pakistan have been positioned within the Group 2 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 together with South Africa and Bangladesh.
The highly-anticipated conflict between India National Cricket Team and Pakistan National Cricket Team will happen on October 23 on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
