Legendary pacer Waqar Younis rated India a greater facet over Pakistan going into the World Cup whereas basing his statement on the higher preparation of the Rohit Sharma-led crew forward of the quadrennial large bash.
India had just lately gained the Asia Cup and handed a large 228-run defeat to their arch-rivals in a Tremendous 4 match at Colombo.
Within the World Cup, India will face Pakistan on October 14 in Ahmedabad, and Younis Khan mentioned strain can be there on each side. Nonetheless, the Males in Blue simply may have an edge, he added.
“As everyone knows, it (India vs Pakistan) would be the largest recreation, mom of all of the video games. So, if you play in Ahmedabad, you’ll have to management your nerves, and never solely Pakistan can be below strain since it’s a weaker crew as in comparison with India.
“However India may also be below strain as a result of the gang within the stadium will create strain on each the groups,” Younis advised Star Sports activities.
“Nonetheless, if we choose purely primarily based on the crew’s efficiency, India positively can be a greater crew,” he added. Younis was additionally aware of the Pakistani’s unstable type and mentioned the injury-enforced absence of pacer Naseem Shah may put them in a major drawback.
If I discuss Pakistan, they’re a miss and hit this time. The absence of Naseem Shah can be a giant drawback as a result of Naseem and Shaheen (Afridi) used to enhance one another with new ball.”
“Although Hasan Ali has been declared as his substitute; he has obtained lots of expertise and gave good performances prior to now, however I really feel, to immediately come and carry out on this sort of large stage won’t be a straightforward job for him,” mentioned Younis.
Analysing the Indian squad, Younis mentioned the crew has nice spinners, whereas its bench energy is equally potent.
If we solely discuss ticking the packing containers then we are going to see no different crew can match India proper now as a result of they’ve good spinners, who’re taking part in proper now within the beginning XI akin to Kuldeep, Jadeja. However in addition they have robust bench energy.”
