The legendary Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar reckons the clash of India vs Pakistan in this year’s World Cup has a equal importance for both India and Pakistan as winning the World Cup for the nation. Sunil Gavaskar made it clear that India should not take Pakistan lightly despite being the favorites for the clash.
Pakistan will be playing the one-day International game in India for the first time since 2013 as they face India on October 14 in the biggest stadium in India that is Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. India has never lost to its arch-rivals in 50-over World Cups and emerged victorious in the last seven meetings between the sides.
India has to win against Pakistan-Sunil Gavaskar
Gavaskar termed India the favorite and stated the fans’ expectations of winning the World Cup trophy and the Pakistan clash are just about the same Speaking to India Today. Sunil Gavaskar pointed out that winning the contest against Pakistan just enlightens the entire billion people.
We have to win the World Cup but this match is important. In terms of expectations, if you ask the common man, he would say you have to win against Pakistan but we also have a World Cup to win. We are definitely favourites, no question about that,” said Sunil Gavaskar.
Exciting contest on cards
India begin their campaign against Australia (October 8), and Pakistan will get their World Cup gets going with a clash against the Netherlands (October 6). The two sides would have got ample match practice before the high voltage clash.
Skipper Rohit Sharma would be aware of the fact that how Pakistan gave India a sniff during the T20 WC 2021. Head coach Rahul Dravid will have to pull a rabbit out of the hat as Pakistan are quite unpredictable and can easily create a havoc with their dangerous bowling line up in the form of Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali & Haris Rauf.