Asia Cup 2023: Apart from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma India’s batting is weak, says Salman Butt | Cricket News
Former Pakan captain Salman Butt has pointed out that India’s batting line-up is quite “brittle” barring Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and if they would lose these two batters early in the match, they would be under immense pressure.
“Apart from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, they have youngsters, who have played plenty of cricket but they don’t have that much of experience,” Butt said on his YouTube channel.
“India have won matches only when Rohit Sharma has played well or Virat Kohli has done something spectacular. When the onus is on others they have mostly struggled.”
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Butt also argued that Babar Azam-led side will have an upper edge given the fact that they have a larger core group than India.
“Pakan have Babar, Rizwan, Fakhar, Shadab, Shaheen, Haris Rauf. And in my opinion Pakan have a much larger core group,” he said.
“India too have match-winners like Jadeja, Shami, Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli.
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“But their batting is weak, if Pakan pick the two big wickets then the others will have a lot to prove. They have not helped India win matches against Pakan or in their own.”
Taking a pot shot on the Indian Premier League (IPL), Butt said the Indian team will be under immense pressure considering the amount of expectations from the them.
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“And since India have not played against Pakan for a long time for whatever reasons, their players no matter how much IPL they’ve played, they don’t have the experience of playing in such high-voltage clash.
“Chahe subah, dopahar, sham IPL khel le (no matter how much you play in the IPL) it does not bring the same pressure, which is during India-Pakan series,” he said.
India will take on Pakan in a high-voltage clash on September 2.
