Former Pakistan player Salman Butt opened up on the major difference between India and Pakistan’s bowling attacks for the upcoming mega event – T20 World Cup 2021. Notably, India will take on Pakistan in their first match at the T20 World Cup in Dubai on October 24.
According to Butt, the experience of India’s bowlers could make a difference in the game. The former opener also stated that Pakistan too has quality in their bowling department but lack big-stage experience as well.
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Speaking on his YouTube channel, the former Pakistan captain elaborated: “Experience is the major difference in India and Pakistan’s bowling attacks. (Jasprit) Bumrah is highly experienced. Our No. 1 bowler Shaheen Afridi is comparatively very less experienced. Yes, he is a high-quality bowler and can get wickets with the new ball. His pace is very good and he can swing the new ball as well. There are a lot of good things in his possession. He can become a world-class bowler in the days to come.”
“If you look at our second pacer, it could be Hasan Ali. He is reasonably experienced. But if we look at India, they have (Mohammed) Shami. Again, he is vastly experienced in comparison. So the more you move ahead with the comparisons, it is more the same. Among spinners, they have (Ravichandran) Ashwin and (Ravindra) Jadeja. We have Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan. So there is a vast difference in the bowling attacks when it comes to experience,” Salman Butt further added.
However, Pakistan are yet to defeat Team India in a World Cup match, be it ODIs or T20Is. It is also noteworthy that, they beat India in the 2017 Champions Trophy final.
“It’s just another cricket game” – India captain Virat Kohli
Meanwhile, the Indian captain Virat Kohli has stated that they are looking at the match as a game of cricket and nothing else.
Kohli said: “I have just approached this game as another game of cricket and I know there is a lot of hype around this game, more so with ticket sales and demands of tickets… Yes, the environment you can say is different from outside and from fans’ point of view, definitely more excitement in the air but from a players’ point of view, we try to stay as professional as we can and always approach the game in the most normal way possible.”
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