Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been one of the most vocal cricket critics over the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia. Akhtar had a lot of harsh words for his team, when Pakistan suffered an embarrassing defeat against Zimbabwe. Similarly, he also called out the Indian team when they lost to South Africa.
But now on the eve of the first semi-final, Shoaib Akhtar hopes that arch-rivals India and Pakistan win their respective games and meet each other once again in the final of the World Cup. The Rawalpindi Express posted a video on his Twitter account where talked about the knockout stage of the World Cup and pointed out the similarities with the 1992 World Cup which was won by Pakistan.
He later expressed that both Pakistan and India could be out on Jummah or Friday, but wishes that after coming this close, the two Asian giants should play each other in the finals to add a crowning jewel to an already entertaining World Cup campaign.
Check the video here:
But earlier, Akhtar had said that Pakistan and India both will be out of the T20 World Cup. These comments were made after the Pakistani team suffered a one-run defeat against Zimbabwe, which nearly ended their World Cup campaign. He said, “Mai pehle bhi keh chuka tha ki Pakistan is hafte wapas aa jayegi, aur agle hafte India wapas aa jayegi.
“Wo(India) bhi semi-final khel ke wapas aa jayegi. Wo bhi koi Tees Maar Khan nahi hai.” (I have said earlier that Pakistan would be back home this week. India will be back next week. They are not such a great team, they will be back after losing the semi-final)
