Pakistan team vice-captain Shadab Khan has revealed his two favorite players from the Indian team ahead of the ICC World Cup 2023, which begins on October 5. Pakistan lost their first warm-up match to New Zealand on September 29 and will next play Australia on October 3 in Hyderabad.

Shadab Khan last played against India in the Super 4s stage of the Asia Cup 2023 tournament and picked 1/71 in his 10 overs as Men in Blue posted 356/2. He couldn’t do much with the bat scoring 6 runs. He picked a total of 6 wickets in 5 Asia Cup matches including the best of 4/27 against Nepal.

Pakistan will begin their World Cup campaign on October 6 against the Netherlands in Hyderabad. Then after facing Sri Lanka, also in Hyderabad, on October 10. The Men in Green will then face off against India in the most anticipated match on October 14 in Ahmedabad.

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Shadab Khan recently spoke about his favorite players from the Indian team and chose India captain Rohit Sharma and spinner Kuldeep Yadav.

“As a batter, I really like Rohit Sharma. He’s very difficult and dangerous to bowl to once he’s set. Among the bowlers, I like Kuldeep because I’m also a leg-spinner. It’s very difficult to bowl on flat tracks in these conditions,” Shadab Khan was quoted by Cricbuzz.

Shadab Khan didn’t bowl in the warm-up game against New Zealand but will look for some practice against Australia on October 3.