Former Indian cricketer and Legend Virender Sehwag said “I am ready to have a battle with Shoaib Akhtar” on Tuesday ahead of the India-Pakistan World Cup match on October 15.
Virender Sehwag said:
“Everybody knows that all the focus is going to be on the India vs Pakistan match. I am ready to have a battle with Shoaib Akhtar during that game on social media,” he said.
“I feel that now India handles pressure that is why they win whereas Pakistan have a burden that they haven’t won against India. In the 1990s, they were good at dealing with pressure but after 2000, India soak it better. If any player says that they don’t feel pressure, I don’t think it’s right. We used to say it too but at the end of the day, we know it’s an India vs Pakistan game and emotions run high,”. he said.
“The record says that India hasn’t lost a World Cup game to Pakistan. We are ahead 7-0, out of which we have chased just once. Otherwise, each time India has batted first and put up a match-winning total. I’m not sure what will happen that day (October 15), but the team that handles pressure well will win,” he added.