Speaking on a Pakistani TV present known as ‘Hasna Mana Hai’, Abdul Razzaq mentioned that Rohit Sharma’s facet was over-confident and it will have been a tragic second for the sport if the host nation received the distinguished match.
Days after India misplaced the final match of the ODI World Cup 2023 in opposition to Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, former Pakistan cricketer Abdul Razzaq mentioned it was nice for cricket that the ‘Men in Blue’ misplaced.
Speaking on a Pakistani TV present known as ‘Hasna Mana Hai’, the previous cricketer mentioned that Rohit Sharma’s facet was over-confident and it will have been a tragic second for the sport if the host nation received the distinguished match.
Talking concerning the pitch in Ahmedabad, the 43-year-old added that he has by no means seen such a foul pitch for any ICC final earlier than. “Indians were over-confident. Cricket won and India lost. Had India won the World Cup, it would have been a very sad moment for the game. They used conditions to their advantage and I have never seen such a bad pitch for any ICC final before. It’s great for cricket that India lost,” Razzaq mentioned.
He claimed that the host nation took benefit of the house situations. Razzaq additionally claimed that if Virat Kohli scored a century within the final sport, then the ‘Men in Blue’ would have received the World Cup.
“Had India won, we would have felt very bad, because they were utilising the conditions, one semi-final they scored 400, the other team scores 350. In the other semi-final, 220-230 runs were scored. Then in the final 240 runs were scored. That means there is something wrong (with the conditions). The pitches and the atmosphere should be fair. There should be fair pitches and, a fair atmosphere, both teams should have balance. Today also India took advantage. Had Kohli (Virat) scored 100, then India would have won the World Cup,” he added.
Coming to the final match of the match, India struggled on a troublesome batting floor after Australia elected to subject first, with fifties coming from KL Rahul (66) and Virat Kohli (54). The ‘Men in Blue’ was bundled out for 240 of their 50 overs.
In the chase of 241 runs, Travis Head (137) and Marnus Labuschagne (58*) guided Australia to their sixth WC title at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.
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