India vs Pakistan (AP photo) NEW DELHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials on Saturday held a press conference on the team’s performance in the T20 World Cup, where the Indian national cricket team won the title. Speaking about the team’s results during the press conference, Pakistan coach Aaqib Javed also mentioned the long record against India in ODI World Cups.Speaking alongside former Pakistan players Misbah-ul-Haq, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Asad Shafiq, Javed said Pakistan should not continue to use India’s record as an excuse.
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“Not being able to beat India in the World Cup is no excuse, the result is 8-0 and even the best captains in the world played from 1975 to 2026, so leave that aside. In the Super 8 stage, one match was washed out due to rain and we lost one match, nothing else happened,” he said.“Against Sri Lanka, victory was not achievable by such a margin. We only lost one match. We were only bowled out on pure pace. It’s too much to make a big deal out of it. It’s a big deal, but not so big that it destroys our cricket or that we can’t compete anywhere in the world.”The discussion also brought back an earlier controversy involving Pakistan’s all-rounder Shadab Khan. During the tournament, Shadab responded strongly to criticism from former players following Pakistan’s defeat to India in Colombo. When asked about the remarks of former cricketers like Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Yousuf, he pointed out that their teams have never beaten India in the World Cup, unlike Pakistan’s 2021 T20 World Cup victory over India. Shadab was part of the 2021 side.“Former cricketers have their own opinions. They (former players) were legends but even they could not achieve what we did. We beat India in the World Cup,” he added.The report also carried nothing but disrespect for past players, including Shadab’s father-in-law Saqlain Mushtaq.Saqlain himself expressed disappointment at the remarks. “They were unwanted comments and most of the players played with me. Actually I am also one of them who didn’t win the ICC tournament but we won some big matches for Pakistan, Tests and ODIs,” Saqlain said on the Pakistan show.
