Former cricketer of India, Atul Wassan has said that the B Team of India can also beat the present team of Pakistan. The ex-Indian bowler went ahead to add that he missed players such as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. He said he pitied the selectors, as they were forced to put in an effort to incorporate everyone.
Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retired from Twenty20 Internationals following their 2024 World Cup victory. According to Wassan, CNN-News18
“India’s B team will also beat this Pakistan team because things have changed. When we played in the 90s, they were a very good side. Now the boot is on the other foot. I will not miss Rohit (Sharma) and Virat (Kohli) because then I will start missing Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev also.”
“The king is dead, long live the king. Things move, new superstars come in, and this embarrassment of riches, and I feel sorry for the selectors because to keep everyone in the mix because who’s to drop and who’s to pick.”
The Men in Blue will enter the match fresh off a crushing victory over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by nine wickets. After bowling the UAE out for 57, the Men in Blue easily won by nine wickets thanks to the outstanding performances of Kuldeep Yadav and Shivam Dube.
India not in transition post Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli retirements – Piyush Chawla
The current team had a wealth of experience and did not miss the services of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, according to former India leg-spinner Piyush Chawla. After participating in high-pressure competitions like the Indian Premier League (IPL), the 36-year-old claimed that the current set of players know how to handle pressure.
“If you look at the current Indian team, the amount of games that they have won post the Rohit and Kohli era in T20 cricket, they are doing a wonderful job. Somebody like Arshdeep is not getting a chance in the playing XI, being in the top five of world T20 bowlers. I think this team looks really set, and you always miss these kinds of players. But this is the part and parcel of the game. One has to come and then go. We can’t even say that this team is going through a transition period, because if you see all the players in this squad, they have so much experience, and when you play a tournament like the IPL, when the standards are so high.”
Piyush Chawla
“So you know how to handle the pressure. How to hold your nerves in those difficult situations. They have been through all of that, no matter when you are playing for your franchise and when you are playing for your country, because you learn from playing domestic cricket, IPL. You learn all these things from those games. So when it comes to the big stage, they know how to handle those situations. There is enough experience in this dressing room to handle these kinds of situations.”
Piyush Chawla
Chawla admitted that no matter who said it, an India-Pakistan encounter was never just another game. Additionally, he hoped that the Men in Blue would win the game on Sunday, September 14, by a landslide.
