Shoaib Akhtar’s view has changed days after dismissing India and Pakistan as unlikely candidates for the T20 World Cup 2022 final. Thanks to the Netherlands, Pakistan wasn’t automatically eliminated from the first round, Akhtar added.
A number of occurrences from the final day of the T20 World Cup 2022 Super-12 stage changed the conceivable combinations and permutations for the whole competition. Given that they are currently among the last four after successive losses to India and Zimbabwe, Pakistan may have gained the most from the situation. A week ago, they were in danger of being eliminated in the first round.
Akhtar has already criticized the Men in Green and predicted that Pakistan will lose in the opening round. Additionally, he said that if India lost the semi-final, they would leave exactly like their neighbors did. After making such provocative comments for both teams, Akhtar reversed course and now wants an India-Pakistan final to be played on Sunday, November 13 at the MCG.
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“They have proved me wrong. Pakistan wasn’t eliminated from the first round itself. Thanks to Netherlands. Badi meharbani, apka bahut shukriya. (We are grateful to you). South Africans, you have lived it up. I am not going to say this word, but you have lived it up. And you have proved it that you had the tournament on the platter, and you let it go. Hume apse dubara milna hai, ab depend karta hai India kaise khelna chahta hai (we want to meet you again in the final, now it depends how India plays),”
In his YouTube video, he said.
Akhtar had previously predicted that Pakistan will leave after the Super-12
Akhtar had previously predicted that Pakistan will leave after the Super-12 stage and that. India would leave a week later by losing its semi-final match. He added that India is not a very strong squad and cannot win the T20 World Cup. However, Akhtar has now said something completely incongruous, stating that he wants to see an India-Pakistan final.
“Ab dekhte hai Pakistan kya karta hai, ye na ho ki India wapas aa rahi hai ek flight me, dusri flight me Pakistan bhi wapas na aa rahi ho…ye na ho!” (Let’s see, how Pakistan fares. It shouldn’t be that India comes back after losing the semi-final against England with Pakistan also returning in the next flight.) I want to see India-Pakistan final aur isme sabse zyada mazza pata hai kisko ayega? ICC and the broadcasters (I want to see an India-Pakistan final, and it will be the broadcasters and ICC who will be making the most of it.),”
He continued.
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