We’ve Beaten India So Much That They Used To Ask Us For Forgiveness: Shahid Afridi
Updated - 05 Jul 2020, 01:11 PM
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Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has delivered yet another bold statement related to India. This time around, the former international has claimed that Pakistan’s domination over their arch-rivals was such that Indian cricketers would seek forgiveness from Pakistan.
He said he always got a kick out of playing against the Indian cricket team. Shahid Afridi also said that some of the cricket he’s enjoyed the most in his career has come while playing against India and Australia.
“I have always enjoyed India. We’ve beaten them decently, really decently. I believe we’ve beaten them so much that they used to ask us for forgiveness after the match. I have enjoyed a lot playing against India and Australia, you have more pressure. They are good teams, big teams. Going and performing in their conditions is the big thing,” Shahid Afridi said on Cric Cast show on YouTube.
Well, Pakistan indeed had the upper hand in the rivalry against India when Shahid Afridi was in his early years in international cricket. But for a major part of his career, India had the upper hand. India now have the bragging rights of the famous rivalry.
He was a part of the Pakistan team that lost to India in the 2003, 2011 and 2015 World Cups as well as the 2007 T20 World Cup. As far as his stats are concerned, he scored 1524 runs in 67 ODIs and 709 runs from eights Tests against India. He scored three Test and two ODI centuries against India.
Shahid Afridi further rated his innings of 141 in the 1999 Chennai Test as his favourite knock. In the second innings, he struck 21 boundaries and three sixes as he and Inzamam Ul Haq helped recover Pakistan from 42/2. With wickets falling at one end, Afridi held up the other and scored a brilliant century to take Pakistan to a respectable total of 286. Pakistan had gone on to win the match in a thrilling manner.
“My most memorable inning was the 141 against India, that too in India. I was not going on that trip; they were not taking me. Wasim bhai and the chief selector that time supported me a lot. It was a very difficult tour and that inning was very important,” Shahid Afridi added.
