The Pakistan cricketer and one of the great all rounders in the history of cricket in Shahid Afridi shared several interesting things about playing against India and Australia in his latest youtube interview to cric cast.
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India have always had the upper hand against Pakistan when it comes to the ICC tournaments and as a matter of fact, India have a 100% win record against Pakistan in 50 over world cups but the same cannot be said as far as bilateral series are concerned. Here’s what Afridi had to say when asked about his experience of playing against big teams like India and Australia
I have enjoyed a lot playing against India and Australia, you have more pressure. They are good teams, big teams. Going and performing in their conditions is the big thing.
He further added that Pakistan used to ask sorry to Indians after beating them badly in his playing days.
We have always enjoyed India. We have beaten them a lot. We have beaten them so much that we used to ask pardon from them after the match.
Head to head stats
In ODIs, India have won 55 matches as against Pakistan’s 73 games.
In tests, India have won 9 against Pakistan’s 12 wins
In T20Is, India have won 6 games while Pakistan managed to overcome India only once.
Although, India have been ahead of Pakistan since Shahid Afridi’s debut
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The cricketer who is fondly called as BOOM BOOM by his fans said that the international cricket is not for light hearted people when asked about how he coped up with high pressure situations.
International cricket is not for chicken-hearted players. You need to be mentally very strong because you need to take decisions there and perform on that stage. People’s expectations are very high. Fans want you to perform.
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