India continued their winning campaign in Asia Cup 2023 by defeating Sri Lanka. Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar revealed that the calls he received against India were such that he believed that India deliberately wanted to lose this match.
Shoaib Akhtar told on his YouTube channel after the India-Sri Lanka match that he was getting phone calls from some people who believed that India wanted to lose this match deliberately, to which Shoaib Akhtar replied saying why would they want to lose deliberately. India can reach the finals when it wins.
Shoaib Akhtar also congratulated the Indian team for its spectacular victory against Sri Lanka and praised the performance of the players of both the teams. He particularly praised the bowling of Sri Lanka’s young spinner Dunitha Vellalage, who he said forced the Indian players to struggle.
Pakistani team is being heavily criticized.
After losing the match against India, Pakistani team is being heavily criticized. Shoaib Akhtar also said after the India-Sri Lanka match that Pakistan needs to learn from it, and like both the teams, we also need to perform well.
Pakistan will play its last match in the Super-4 of Asia Cup against Sri Lanka on 14 September and by winning it, the Pakistan team will try its best to reach the finals.