Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has identified that India’s batting line-up is kind of “brittle” barring Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and if they’d lose these two batters early within the match, they’d be below immense strain.
“Other than Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, they’ve kids, who’ve performed loads of cricket however they don’t have that a lot of expertise,” Butt stated on his YouTube channel.
“India have received matches solely when Rohit Sharma has performed properly or Virat Kohli has performed one thing spectacular. When the onus is on others they’ve principally struggled.”
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Butt additionally argued that Babar Azam-led aspect could have an higher edge given the truth that they’ve a bigger core group than India.
“Pakistan have Babar, Rizwan, Fakhar, Shadab, Shaheen, Haris Rauf. And for my part Pakistan have a a lot bigger core group,” he stated.
“India too have match-winners like Jadeja, Shami, Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli.
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“However their batting is weak, if Pakistan choose the 2 huge wickets then the others could have so much to show. They haven’t helped India win matches towards Pakistan or in their very own.”
Taking a pot shot on the Indian Premier League (IPL), Butt stated the Indian crew will likely be below immense strain contemplating the quantity of expectations from the them.
“There are many expectations from India, therefore the strain is extra.
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“And since India haven’t performed towards Pakistan for a very long time for no matter causes, their gamers irrespective of how a lot IPL they’ve performed, they don’t have the expertise of taking part in in such high-voltage conflict.
“Chahe subah, dopahar, sham IPL khel le (irrespective of how a lot you play within the IPL) it doesn’t deliver the identical strain, which is throughout India-Pakistan sequence,” he stated.
India will tackle Pakistan in a high-voltage conflict on September 2.