‘An India-Pakan series is not going to be competitive at all’: Gautam Gambhir | Cricket-world-cup News

Former Indian player Gautam Gambhir has predicted that the India-Pakan series would not be competitive any more because of the difference in quality of the sides and also recalled Pakan used to hammer India like Rohit Sharma’s men did to The Men in Green on Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in the ongoing World Cup.
“Hammering along with domination. You use this word very rarely, that too when you are playing against Pakan. If you see the results, Pakan used to hammer India like this for a long time. However, for the last many years, India have dominated,” said Gambhir speaking on Star Sports.
“This is bad for subcontinental cricket. We always used to say that if we have an India-Pakan series it will be competitive. An India-Pakan series is not going to be competitive at all because there is a massive difference between the two sides,” he added. The last time India faced Pakan in a three-match ODI bilateral series the former lost 2-1 in Indian conditions in 2012/13 season. Most Read
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However, The win on Sunday was India’s eighth in the 50 over global event, where Pakan had never been able to match their neighbours in terms of skill, strategy or execution since 1992.
On the day Indian captain Rohit Sharma emerged as the undisputed star of the match, scoring a 63-ball 86 to power his team in their chase of the modest target of 192 with as many as 19.3 overs to spare.
Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav were searingly clinical with the ball in the first innings. The former World Cup winner lauded the bowlers for their effort and said, “If any captain has Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav, it is a huge luxury. Out of 50 overs, you get 20 overs from bowlers who can give you wickets anytime. You were comparing Jasprit Bumrah with Shaheen Shah Afridi. Jasprit Bumrah’s first spell was under the 2 PM sun and he hardly gave any runs in his first four overs.”