Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ramiz Raja made a cheeky comment on India’s exit from the T20 World Cup, saying, ‘Pakistan gamers are higher than the billion-dollar league cricketers.’ Pakistan will tackle England within the last on the Melbourne Cricket Floor on Sunday.
Chatting with the reporters upon his arrival in Australia, the PCB chief mentioned: “Billion greenback ki business waali groups peeche rah gayi hai aur hum upar nikal gaye hai (Groups with billion greenback leagues are falling behind us). We’re doing one thing proper.”
This isn’t the primary time Raja has made a ‘billion greenback’ comment. Earlier than the World Cup, he had mentioned that Pakistan should get the credit score to the Babar Azam-led workforce, who defeated one billion {dollars} Indian cricket workforce within the final T20 World Cup.
Raja additionally cleared the air on the opportunity of the India-Pakistan check collection. Former Australia all-rounder Simon O’Donnell has revelead that Australia has provided to host a Check collection between India and Pakistan.
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“I don’t have any such data concerning the Check collection to be performed between India and Pakistan,” mentioned Ramiz. The PCB has earlier threatened to tug out of the 2023 ODI World Cup to be held in India if the BCCI won’t ship their workforce to Pakistan for the Asia Cup.
Raja additionally mentioned that he’s amazed to see the hanging similarities in Pakistan’s marketing campaign between 1992 and this World Cup.
“There are hanging similarities to the 1992 marketing campaign. There’s an air of invincibility, a self-belief like in 92. Again then, we knew that even when the opposition performed with 15 within the last, we weren’t going to lose,” mentioned Raja.
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Nevertheless, Raja accepted that the Babar XI seemed extra relaxed than Imran Khan’s 1992 World Cup-winning workforce.
“Babar XI are extra relaxted than us. We had been bit scared earlier than the ultimate. They’re having fun with the second, and it’s heartening to see,” he mentioned.
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On his interplay with the workforce earlier than the ultimate, Raja mentioned: I’ve given them the reference of the 1992 World Cup last. Speech ye thi ki 90 hazaar log hai bahar ye mauka humare profession mey waapis aane nahi hai, get pleasure from kare aur match jeete, maine precisely wahi repeat kiya jo humare kaptaan (Imran Khan) ne 1922 mey kaha tha (I repeated what precisely Imran Khan informed us in workforce assembly. he mentioned 90 thousand individuals are exterior; this second isn’t coming again in our careers; we have to benefit from the sport and win it,” mentioned Ramiz.
“Jo aapne karna hai wo aapne kar liya hai, aapki method 24 ghanton mey kharab nahi ho sakti, ye ab psychological sport hai (They’ve completed all the pieces, their methods won’t endure in 25 hours. It’s only a psychological sport.”
“Within the finals, there are not any clear favourites, will probably be a 50-50 sport,” he mentioned.
Raja additionally lamented the previous Pakistani cricketers, who’ve ruthlessly criticised the workforce and the choice up to now few weeks.
“I all the time imagine that criticism needs to be constructive, not agenda-driven,” he mentioned.
Raja heaped reward on Babar Azam and mentioned he has the possibility to cement his legacy.
“I all the time wished to see a robust captain. This can be a fundamental precept in cricket. It isn’t soccer, the place individuals from the sidelines are calling the pictures. Babar has the possibility of greatness and leaving a fantastic legacy behind. There gained’t be an even bigger achievement than this in his profession if he manages to carry the world cup,” he mentioned.