Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt stated that experience is the major difference between arch-rivals India and Pakistan’s bowling attacks in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2021. Howveer, India will take on Pakistan in their opening match in Dubai on October 24.
As per Salman Butt, the experience of Indian bowlers in comparison to Pakistan could play a huge role. He also said that Pakistan too has a quality bowling attack but they don’t have big-stage experience.
While speaking on his YouTube channel, Butt elaborated: “Experience is the major difference in India and Pakistan’s bowling attacks. (Jasprit) Bumrah is highly experienced. Our No. 1 bowler Shaheen Afridi is comparatively very less experienced. Yes, he is a high-quality bowler and can get wickets with the new ball. His pace is very good and he can swing the new ball as well. There are a lot of good things in his possession. He can become a world-class bowler in the days to come.”
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He further added: “If you look at our second pacer, it could be Hasan Ali. He is reasonably experienced. But if we look at India, they have (Mohammed) Shami. Again, he is vastly experienced in comparison. So the more you move ahead with the comparisons, it is more the same. Among spinners, they have (Ravichandran) Ashwin and (Ravindra) Jadeja. We have Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan. So there is a vast difference in the bowling attacks when it comes to experience.”
However, Pakistan has never defeated India in a World Cup encounter, be it ODIs or T20Is. Although, they beat India in the 2017 Champions Trophy final. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli recently said that India versus Pakistan match at the T20 World Cup is only a game of cricket and nothing else.
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Kohli replied: “I have just approached this game as another game of cricket and I know there is a lot of hype around this game, more so with ticket sales and demands of tickets… Yes, the environment you can say is different from outside and from fans’ point of view, definitely more excitement in the air but from a players’ point of view, we try to stay as professional as we can and always approach the game in the most normal way possible.”
