Former England captain Michael Atherton mentioned that the rivalry between India and Pakistan has now turn out to be “one-sided” because the hype didn’t match the expectations. India on Sunday defeated Pakistan by six wickets of their Group A encounter of the continuing Champions Trophy in Dubai.
“Properly, it was utterly one-sided,” Michael Atherton mentioned on Sky Sports activities Podcast.
“It seemed very predictable from a good distance out. An underpowered Pakistan batting line-up, because it was in that first recreation, truly, towards New Zealand.
“There simply appeared to lack a little bit of power and dynamism within the batting.”
Atherton argued that with all of the hyper surrounded across the fixture, the cricket didn’t lived as much as its billings.
“There’ a little bit of a problem for that contest, isn’t it? As a result of it’s a extremely anticipated contest for all types of causes. Partly, , simply due to the shortage worth. They solely play one another in ICC occasions on impartial territory for apparent causes,” he mentioned.
“However there’s such hype round that fixture. You type of need the cricket to stay as much as that hype as effectively. Should you have a look at the leads to the final 10 years, I believe they’ve performed one another 9 occasions in ODIs within the final 10 years.
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“Pakistan have solely received as soon as, and that was in that closing within the Champions Trophy on the Oval. So, it’s a one-sided contest proper now. However, , I seemed on the numbers.
“For the reason that begin of 2000, truly, Pakistan have been very aggressive in ODIs towards India. I believe they’ve type of received 26, misplaced 30, one thing like that. However within the final 10 years, in these 9 video games, it’s just about all gone India’s means with one exception.”