Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said the World Cup match between India and Pakistan felt more like a BCCI bilateral than an ICC bilateral.
At the World Cup 2023 match between Pakistan and India on Saturday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the audience did not laugh at how Mickey Arthur and Grant Bradburn were handled. In the world’s largest cricket arena, India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets to lead the points table. The Pakistani coaches were furious at the supporters’ reaction to India’s win.
The lack of Pakistani sympathizers in the blue water surprised Bradburn and Arthur. Arthur said it felt more like a BCCI-other-side bilateral cricket match than an ICC tournament.
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Arthur replied, “Look, I’d be lying if I said it didn’t.” on whether India’s support affected Pakistan’s performance. The event wasn’t ICC-like. Possibly a bilateral series and BCCI competition.”
Arthur complained about the Indian-themed game music. “Not many microphones played Dil Dil Pakistan tonight. “There is a factor, but I won’t use that as a reason because our priorities were the game, our strategy for playing the Indians tonight, and the moment,” he said.
Arthur refused to assume responsibility and declined to comment on whether this was suitable for an ICC event like the World Cup. I’m not feeling like talking about it. “I don’t want to pay a fine.”
“It didn’t feel like a World Cup game,” Bradburn added.
Bardburn also mentioned the match’s stadium music. Indeed, it would. We regret losing our following and think Indian cricket fans would love us here. Not being able to listen to hits was odd. World Cup matches didn’t feel like this. No one imagined we could do more. He said, “We love the occasion, and we are disappointed that we did not do justice to the occasion or justice to our many fans at home and globally” in the ICC mixed zone after the game.
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Pakistan’s low performance and Ahmedabad’s Hyderabad quality
Babar Azam was mocked before the toss in Pakistan’s two previous matches in Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, so this match would be different. Diplomatic issues stopped Pakistani fans from visiting Ahmedabad to cheer on their team. Less than twenty people succeeded, while the remainder were lucky or had foreign passports.
India dominated. In Hyderabad, Pakistani cricketers were mistreated. Instead, they got boos, jeers, and yells. It was much worse than their middle-order cricket. Pakistan was bowled out for 191 runs in 19.3 overs by India. They won with Captain Rohit Sharma’s 86. Arthur said his team was disappointed despite skipper Babar Azam (50) and Mohammed Rizwan (49).
During batting, Arthur said, “I thought we were a little bit timid.” “I did think we could probably have taken on the Indian spinners just a little bit more.”
Pakistan was 155-2 when Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each to remove them in 42.5 overs.
“I think we’ve got to realize that there are two ways to always skin a cat,” she said. “And we’ve had success by taking it deep and then cashing in at the back end, but we couldn’t do that.”
The win maintained India’s 8-0 World Cup record against Pakistan. Arthur will coach UK competitions in 2019.
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