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‘Asia Cup me bohot pita isliye’ – Fans react as Shadab Khan reveals his favourite Indian batter ahead of ODI World Cup 2023
Pakistan Cricket team arrived in India on September 27 to start their preparations for the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023. They have also played their first warm-up game on September 29 which was against the 2019 World Cup runners-up New Zealand. The Men in Green suffered a massive loss after the Blackcaps chased the monumental target of 345 runs in just 43.4.
However, their first match of the mega event will be against the Netherlands on October 6 in Hyderabad. But the fans are waiting to see them clash against India on October 14 in Ahmedabad. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s vice-captain and star allrounder Shadab Khan recently revealed his favourite Indian players. The star allrounder picked India captain Rohit Sharma as his favourite Indian batter while Kuldeep Yadav as his favourite Indian bowler.
“As a batter, I really like Rohit Sharma. He’s very difficult and dangerous to bowl to once he’s set. Among the bowlers, I like Kuldeep because I’m also a leg-spinner. It’s very difficult to bowl on flat tracks in these conditions,” Shadab was quoted as saying by Circle of Cricket.
Pakistan to play the entire World Cup without Naseem Shah
Shadab recently appeared in India vs Pakistan clash in the Asia Cup 2023 where the Indian batters thrashed the Pakistani bowlers. Shadab was also one of the bowlers who got smashed for multiple boundaries by the Indian batters. Rohit also smashed some huge sixes against Shahdab. However, the leggie had the last laugh by dismissing Rohit.
During the Asia Cup 2023, the Men in Green suffered a huge setback when their premium fast bowler Naseem Shah got injured and ruled out of the entire World Cup. It’d be interesting to see how will they perform in the absence of their key pacer Naseem.
Pakistan squad for ODI World Cup 2023:
Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, M Wasim Jnr, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha.
Travelling reserves: Mohammad Haris, Abrar Ahmed, Zaman Khan.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Yes but they are just playing mind game🙏🙏
— Amit Kankar (@AmitSha0004) October 1, 2023
https://twitter.com/Garhwali_AAP/status/1708429959650488378
https://twitter.com/izishan7/status/1708415734278488118
Rohit sharma pakistanio ke cheethhre uda dega 😂
— Ankit Khanna (@ankit_khanna) October 1, 2023
Itna bhi dangerous nh hai
— Ghazanfar Ali (@Ghazanfar1125) October 1, 2023
Yes he is but not against Shaheen
— SH_Homes576 (@Pakhtoon576) October 1, 2023
In 8 balls Rohit literally showed him hell on that day
— cric_mawa (@cric_mawa_twts) October 1, 2023
Dangerous batsman like buttler
— Umar Farooq Jutt (@MrUmarFarooq19) October 1, 2023
Shadab be like: pic.twitter.com/jWwtFJYq6l
— Zarnab. (@achaw_sahiiii) October 1, 2023