Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly said that the recent India vs Pakistan matches are a mismatch with the Men in Blue far ahead of their counterparts. This was after India thoroughly dominated their arch-rivals in their Asia Cup Group A encounter on Thursday and waltzed to a 7-wicket victory in Dubai.
“Pakistan is no match. I say that with respect just because I see what the team is, it’s the lack of quality in the side. The Indian team played this game without Virat and Rohit, who were stalwarts for such a long time,” Ganguly said in a video shared by PTI on Monday.
“India are too far ahead in cricket. From Pakistan and any of these Asia Cup teams. There’ll be one or two days when they’ll get beaten but majority of the days, they’ll be the best team. And I was not surprised with what I saw. I actually stopped watching after the first 15 overs and I was watching Manchester City play Manchester United last night. Because there is no competition any more in India vs Pakistan,” he added.
The 53-year-old also said that the modern Pakistan team lacked the oomph factor of the teams of yesteryears which boasted the likes of stalwarts like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Saeed Anwar and Javed Miandad.
“I always say, we think about Pakistan as the Wasim Akrams, the Waqar Younises, the Saeed Anwars and Javed Miandads. Pakistan of this modern age and Pakistan of that era is chalk and cheese so it’s not a competition any more. I’d rather watch India play Australia and India play South Africa as well as England, Sri Lanka and even Afghanistan. i don’t think India Pakistan is a contest anymore. We keep hyping it and in the last 5 years, every hype has been shattered. It’s just been one-way traffic,” Ganguly said.
On Sunday, Pakistan could only post 127/9 vs India, courtesy of Sahibzada Farhan’s 40 and Shaheen Afridi’s late flourish. Chasing, India barely broke a sweat, overhauling the target in 15.5 overs with skipper Suryakumar Yadav’s 47 and Abhishek Sharma’s quickfire 31.
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