As Team India is gearing up to take on Pakistan in their opening match of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2022 on October 23 at the MCG, Yuzvendra Chahal admitted that though there is a lot of hype surrounding the high-octane clash, the Men in Blue are not paying attention to it.
The star leg-spinner further said that India is just focusing on their preparations and will not be much under pressure when they face Pakistan at the MCG, as they recently played a couple of matches against the Men in Green. He said that the team would take it as another game.
Yuzvendra Chahal told Dainik Jagran: “When you’ve already played against a particular opponent, you don’t worry much when you face them again. However, there is a lot of hype generated by media and the internet ahead of the clash against Pakistan.”
The leg-spinner further added, “But for us cricketers, this is just like another match and if we think too much pressure certainly builds. I’m quite active on the internet but I don’t allow myself to get bothered by what is being written out there.”
He concluded, “Pakistan is a good team but the focus solely remains on our performance. The most important thing is how you perform on the match day, everything depends on that.”
Notably, India is already in Australia and started playing warm-up matches, while Pakistan is currently playing a T20I tri-series against the hosts New Zealand and Bangladesh.
