Srinagar: Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has said that due to their dominance over Pakistan during MS Dhoni time, India had started to sideline Pakistan and create new rivalries against Australia, England.
Shahid Afridi said this while speaking on Samaa TV and said that India changed its approach under MS Dhoni.
Afridi said that owing to their head-to-head dominance India had begun to sideline Pakistan and wage a competition against Australia, England and South Africa.
“Agar aap India ke team ko uthake dekhe, pichle kuch aarse main, Dhoni ke daur me agar aap dekhe toh unhone aapni approach ko change kardiya. Unhone Pakistan team ko…woh joh Pakistan-India hota tha woh khatam kardiya tha. Kyunki woh continuous jeetein jaa rahein the. Unhone soch badli apne, unhone Australia, England, South Africa…uss level pe unke jo top batsmen the unhone unke saath muqabla karna shuru kardiya tha. Unhone Pakistan ko, sorry to say, side main rakh diya tha. Par aab woh cheez wapas aa rahein hain and of course wapas ayegi. Approach bohot important he to decide aap apne aap ko kis level me rakhna chahatein hain,” he said.
Pakistan will once against face India on October 23 in their 2022 T20 World Cup opener in Melbourne.