Is this the time Pakistan finally beats India in a world cup match? Opinion | khalidhussain83
Roberto Perfumo, the former Argentina football captain, once famously said: “In 1986, winning that game against England was enough. Winning the World Cup that year was secondary for us. Beating England was our real aim.”
But one poor performance and you could be a villain for your own fans for the rest of your life. Indian pacer Chetan Sharma is a living example as he is still remembered for bowling that fateful last ball in the final of the 1986 Sharjah Cup. Not many care about the rest of his international career. The Indian team has been in the UAE for weeks having featured in this year’s edition of the Indian Premier League . Cricket’s most lucrative professional league, the IPL was moved to the UAE because India was struggling to cope with the latest wave of the pandemic.
As if this trio wasn’t enough, Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan captain, recently singled out Suryakumar Yadav as another potential game-changer, warning opponents to be wary of the aggressive batter. Matthew Hayden, who was recently entrusted with the role of Pakistan’s batting coach, sees Sunday’s game as a “real dogfight” and believes Pakistan have the guts to prevail despite all odds.
So how do you conquer a clearly superior opposition that has a 100 percent win record in World Cup matches against you? Left-handed opener Fakhar Zaman came out of nowhere to hit what later turned out to be a match-winning ton before pacer Mohammad Amir ripped through a much vaunted Indian batting top-order bamboozling the likes of Kohli in the process. Pakistan won by a stunning margin of 180 runs.
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