Pakistan and West Indies are locking horns with each other in the warm-up match of the T20 World Cup 2021. After having won the toss, West Indies elected to bat first at the ICC Academy, Dubai. However, a Chat between Shadab Khan and Mohammad Rizwan has been going viral on Twitter and is grabbing the attention of cricket fans.
During the same, West Indies lost their openers early in the innings. Chris Gayle was present at the crease alongside Roston Chase. That is when Shadab noticed something about Gayle’s innings. In the video that went viral, Shadab Khan can be heard saying that that the explosive batter is a tad bit under pressure. Wicketkeeper Rizwan agreed with the bowler and stated that Gayle is looking scared and thus is trying to be dominating.
Here is the video of the incident:
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Chris Gayle did not play all the matches of the second half of the IPL as he left the tournament midway citing bubble fatigue, and couldn’t fetch big knocks from the matches he played for the Punjab Kings. In this match as well, he played rather poised innings of 30 balls 20 runs.
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Pakistan and India will battle it out against each other on October 24. India has had an edge over Pakistan in the World Cup. The team has won on seven occasions against their arch-rivals in the ODI World Cup and five times in the 20-over World Cup. The only positive for Pakistan is their record against India in the Champions Trophy, wherein the team also won the final in the year 2017.
The Indian skipper Virat Kohli had earlier expressed his opinion on the India-Pakistan clash. He highlighted the hype around the game and stated that it is just another game of cricket.
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Virat Kohli had said, “I honestly never felt so. 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. nd right now, the value of those tickets is ridiculously high and that’s all I know, my friends are demanding tickets right left and center and I am saying, ‘no’.”