India and Pakistan will face each other in T20 World Cup.© AFP
former captain of pakistan salman butt has claimed that batsmen like Saeed Anwar and Amir Sohail used to clash with Indian bowlers without wearing helmets. He said that Indian fast bowlers did not have the pace in their deliveries in the past and due to this the Pakistan batsmen wore only caps and took the bowlers to clean. Butt made a bold claim when asked why on a show? Shahid Afridi Wasn’t used as an opener in Asian conditions.
“Earlier, in India’s bowling, Saeed Anwar and Amir Sohail did not wear helmets when they went to the opening… They were hitting them for wearing caps, because they didn’t have pace at that time (the bowling unit that India had at that time) ) Saeed Anwar and Amir Sohail didn’t have the pace. That’s why both the batsmen didn’t bother to wear helmets and used to hit the Indian bowlers wearing only caps. Butt said on the Crick Bridge.
Significantly, India and Pakistan have not played a bilateral series against each other since January 2013 due to rising political tensions between the two countries. Therefore, fans have seen very few matches between the sides in the past decade.
Arch rivals India and Pakistan will take on each other in the upcoming T20 World Cup on 23 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Opponents met twice, most recently in the 2022 Asia Cup. While India won the group stage game against Pakistan by 5 wickets, the latter defeated them by an equal margin in the Super 4 stage.
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