Srinagar: Former India skipper and batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has slammed Pakistan batters for a no show against India in the Super 4 encounter of Asia Cup 2023.
“In cricket, there are no ifs and buts. But the way Pakistan batted today, it seemed India would have been able to defend 266 the other day if the game (1st match) had carried on. You know people, particularly in Pakistan, keep on talking about India having only one or two players. I mean how many players does Pakistan have? Particularly in the batting department. Apart from Babar who do they have?” Sunil Gavaskar told India Today.
“When the bowling team of the opposition sit down and dissects their batting, they would spend a lot of time on how to get Babar out. But I don’t think they would spend half the time on the others. None of them are such that they would scare the bowling group of the opposition team,” he added.
In response to India’s imposing total of 356 runs, the national team could only muster 128 runs in 32 overs, marking it as India’s most significant victory in One Day International (ODI) cricket against Pakistan.
This loss ranks as Pakistan’s second-worst defeat in ODI history, with the previous record being a 234-run loss to Sri Lanka in 2009.
