Pakistan should play towards Indian crowd: Shoaib Akhtar

As an alternative of taking Afghanistan as a softer opponent, the Rawalpindi Categorical’ recommendation to Pakistan was to tread rigorously. In a latest video, he mentioned that the circumstances in Chennai, significantly the turning ball, may show advantageous for Afghanistan. Akhtar emphasised that contemplating Afghanistan’s present type, it could be foolhardy for Pakistan to underestimate them. Whereas he was optimistic about Pakistan’s capability to bounce again, his message was clear: “Do not take this match frivolously.”

Curiously, Akhtar’s warning comes not simply as a cricketing technique however resonates as a wakeup name for the complete Pakistani group. It may be seen as an oblique push for the gamers to realign their recreation plans and perspective, particularly in mild of their latest type. The previous pacer additionally mentioned that Pakistan must play towards the group, anticipated to assist Afghanistan.

“Its Pak vs the group. Its Pak vs the groundsmen. Robust match for us. Afghanistan is a troublesome group, they don’t seem to be any minnow or roll over,” he wrote whereas sharing the video clip on X (previously Twitter) as he apparently indicated that the Indian crowd would again the Afghan group.