Former England captain Michael Atherton stated that the rivalry between India and Pakistan has now grow to be “one-sided” because the hype didn’t match the expectations. India on Sunday defeated Pakistan by six wickets of their Group A encounter of the continued Champions Trophy in Dubai.
“Nicely, it was fully one-sided,” Michael Atherton stated on Sky Sports activities Podcast.
“It appeared very predictable from a great distance out. An underpowered Pakistan batting line-up, because it was in that first recreation, really, towards New Zealand.
“There simply appeared to lack a little bit of vitality and dynamism within the batting.”
Atherton argued that with all of the hyper surrounded across the fixture, the cricket didn’t lived as much as its billings.
“There’ a little bit of a problem for that contest, isn’t it? As a result of it’s a extremely anticipated contest for every kind of causes. Partly, you already know, simply due to the shortage worth. They solely play one another in ICC occasions on impartial territory for apparent causes,” he stated.
“However there’s such hype round that fixture. You type of need the cricket to reside as much as that hype as properly. Should you have a look at the ends in the final 10 years, I feel they’ve performed one another 9 instances in ODIs within the final 10 years.
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“Pakistan have solely received as soon as, and that was in that ultimate within the Champions Trophy on the Oval. So, it’s a one-sided contest proper now. However, you already know, I appeared on the numbers.
“Because the begin of 2000, really, Pakistan have been very aggressive in ODIs towards India. I feel they’ve type of received 26, misplaced 30, one thing like that. However within the final 10 years, in these 9 video games, it’s just about all gone India’s method with one exception.”
