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T20 World Cup 2021: "The manner in which Pakistan won, people will stand up and take notice" - Ashish Nehra

 

The former left-handed pacer Ashish Nehra has come up with a statement about India's loss against Pakistan. The arch-rivals Pakistan has stunned everyone after showing a fabulous performance against the Indian team.

Talking about that, Pakistan defeated India for the first time in the World Cup campaign after getting beaten 12 times. It was a fabulous triumph for the Pakistan team as they beat India by chasing down the target of 152 runs without losing any wickets.

Shaheen Shah Afridi played a crucial role, as he removed Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul in the powerplay overs and Virat Kohli in the slog overs of the match. Then Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam guided the side to a 10-wicket triumph.

After the completion of the match, the veteran Indian pacer Ashish Nehra interacted with Cricbuzz and had a few words about the match and said "Those who weren’t already considering them favourites to reach the semi-finals were underestimating Pakistan.

And you are talking about T20s. In their pool, there are three strong teams India, Pakistan, and New Zealand. But in the T20s, anyone can beat anyone. The manner in which Pakistan won, people will stand up and take notice."

"The way Pakistan started, it filled them with confidence" - Ashish Nehra

Babar Azam - Mohammad Rizwan

Ashish Nehra said a few words about the impact of the dew, having said "The ball had also gotten a little wet because of the dew. And the way Pakistan started, it filled them with confidence and both of them batted very cleanly.

I just remember one incident when Mohammad Rizwan played a sweep shot off Varun Chakravarthy and it went for a six that was the only shot where it felt like the batter has taken a risk. Other than that, they played risk-free batting."

"And with the dew factor and the pitch got better to bat on, they took full advantage of that. So you just have to praise the way Pakistan played today," he added.

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Speaking about the captaincy of Virat Kohli, Nehra said "About Virat Kohli’s captaincy, the only thing I would say is he could have played Mohammed Shami for two consecutive overs (in the Powerplay), but it is also not easy for the captain because there were no wickets in the first three overs, so he tried Varun Chakravarthy also who can be an X-factor, but he went back to Shami and then gave the sixth over to Bhuvneshwar Kumar. But basically, Pakistan did not give India a chance. From their bowling to their fielding, to their batting, they played a 10/10 match and dominated."