NZ v IND 2020: "Out to karna hi hai, ab inko maaro bhi," says Shoaib Akhtar on Indian pacers' mentality

Akhtar also raised concerns about world cricket.

Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami | Getty

Shoaib Akhtar spoke about the intimidating Indian bowling attack and the Indian team’s dominance in world cricket.

Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has praised the Indian pacers, especially Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami, for intimidating the batsmen and not being afraid to make their presence felt. He talked about their mentality of getting batsmen out.

Akhtar said on his YouTube channel, “The Indian bowlers bowled short, they terrorized them (New Zealand batsmen), even aimed for their head. Never seen this confidence in Shami and Bumrah before. They have an aggressive mindset. They think - out to karna hi hai, ab inko maaro bhi. New Zealand underestimated the Indian pacers, they were committing too soon and hence, the ball took the edge, they even got hit on their head.

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Also, Ravindra Jadeja doesn’t let you score runs and bowls some odd spins which and tests the batsmen,” he did not forget to praise Jadeja for conceding just 18 runs off his 4 overs and picking up 2 wickets.

The 44-year-old said that the Indian team is proving their ruthlessness and the Kiwis are a no-match for the Men In Blue. Posting such modest totals will not be enough against such a strong batting line-up that Team India possesses.

India is becoming a ruthless team as they once again proved it against New Zealand in the second T20I. If you (Kiwis) are being bowled out for such a modest total, how will you compete against a side like India which possesses a long batting line-up,” he said.

He also expressed concern about the standards of the rest of the international teams. According to him, the Indian team is way ahead of everybody else and none of the other teams competed with them.

At present India is dominating the world one-sided. But what will happen to other teams? What will happen to world cricket? When Australia dominated world cricket, at least India and Pakistan showed fight and tried to compete. However, what we are seeing in New Zealand is that the hosts have completely surrendered before India in the first t20 T20Is,” he added.

 
 

By Sameer Deodhar - 27 Jan, 2020

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