Indian Pacer Ishant Sharma stressed that the Pakistani cricket team is already under huge pressure from its own fan base and any further pressure from India would only serve as another burden. After they lost both of their accessories against India in the ongoing Asian Cup, questions were raised as to whether Pakistan still pose a real threat to face their opponents.
Pakistan for the first time suffered a crushing defeat of 7 goals in the group phase and then again fell in his opening Super 4 by 6 goals, extending their bad run against India. Tally-to-Head in the T20is now stands heavily in Indian kindness, with 11 winnings out of 15 meetings, compared to 3 Pakistan victories, while one match ended with a tie. Recently adds to the debate Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav put aside the idea of rivalry Between the two sides other discussions about this highly profile accessory.
Ishant Sharma Na podcast Raj Shamani noted that the most difficult fighting in Pakistan came during the days of their legendary players, unlike the current team.
“Pakistan has as much pressure on them as they can do more from us? When you look at the matches, their fans in the crowd always shout behind them from the stands. Actually, I sometimes feel bad for them,” Ishant said.
“The pressure will be high (during the match of India Vs Pakistan), but that was more at a time when they had great players like Wasim Akram, Waqar Youenis, Shoaib Akhtar, Saqlain Mushtaq, Afridi … They were great players.
While Pakistan managed to get some relief In their conflict Super 4, victory against Sri Lanka, victory against Sri Lanka, The journey ahead of us remains difficult. Pakistan led by Salman Ali Agha moved to two points out of two matches and improved his clean run (NRR) to +0.226. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, fell into two defeats and their NRR dropped to -0.590.
India, comfortably sits on top with two wins and NRR +0,689, remains strong favorite to book space in the finals. The battle for the second berth could now descend into a direct competition between Pakistan and Bangladesh. However, The hope of qualifications of Pakistan may rest on India that beats Bangladesh In the upcoming clash.
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Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
September 24, 2025
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