Former Indian medium-fast bowler, Ajit Agarkar, believes that Pakistan will not pose a challenge to India in the upcoming encounter between the two sides in the ongoing 2021 T20 World Cup. Agarkar said that India have historically had an upper hand over Pakistan in World Cups and their sublime form of late will be too much for Pakistan to handle.
The arch-rivals will go head to head on 24 October at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. This will be their first encounter since the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. India beat Pakistan by six wickets on that occasion and continued their winning streak against the Men in Green in World Cups.
Agarkar believes that the trend will continue as India have a stronger side as compared to Pakistan and have they have been performing very well over the past few years.
“The stakes are always high when India and Pakistan play together but going by India’s current form and taking the stats into consideration, I don’t think Pakistan will pose that much of a challenge. Having said that, I don’t think we should take our neighbors lightly because cricket is a funny game, and things can change at any moment, especially in the T20 format,” Agarkar remarked.
The 43-year old said that the high-octane clash between the two sides will be the one to watch in the T20 World Cup as both the teams have extra motivation for the match.
