The legendary India Spinner Harbhajan Singh believes that Pakistan will not be a match with India in the upcoming conflict between Trophy champion between the two teams. India and Pakistan will play against each other on February 2nd in Dubai.
Harbhajan Singh analyzed the statistics of players from both teams and concluded why India was the favorites for this competition. He believes that Pakistan star players like Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan do not have a good record against India in ODIS who will not work in their favor.
On the other hand, he compared these statistics to the Indian bodies. Harbhajan also claimed that the shape is currently on the side of India, which gives them a clear advantage over their opponents.
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Harbhajan Singh analyzes Pakistan’s appearance against India
As he spoke on his YouTube channel, Harbhajan Singh illuminated Babar Azama, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhara Zaman’s statistics against India. He feels that the low average of Babar and Rizwan will not represent any threat to India.
“Babar Azam has an average of 31 against India. I believe your top dough must have an average of about 50 who doesn’t have against India. Rizwan plays with a positive attitude. But he has an average of 25 against India,” “Harbhajan said.
“Fakhar (Zaman) has an average of 46 against India, which is good. Your average should be about 45-50 if you are a good player. So Fakhar can take away the game from you. He is a real dough,” he added.
“Faheem Ashraf has an average of 12.5 and I don’t think you can represent a threat to an opposition with such an average. Saud Shakeel has an average of 6 against India. When I see this line to hit with such an average, I don’t get that confidence that this team will fight this team “, he noticed.
Harbhajan Singh illuminates the number of Indian players
As he spoke in the same video, Harbhajan Singh spoke about Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and other Indian players. He also supported Kohlija to achieve Big, despite not recently in good fit for a baton.
“On the other hand, India is very strong. India has a form on its part. Recently, Rohit (Sharma) achieved running, (Shubman) Gill scored race, Axar Patel is in shape,” said former India offspinner.
Harbhajan further claimed that India was forward and in the bowling department. He supported men in blue to raise the champion trophy, and also supported Afghanistan to do well under the known conditions.
“The same difference is visible in bowling. So, I think India is far ahead of Pakistan in this competition. India looks very capable of winning the champion trophy. I feel Afghanistan will also play well in this tournament,” the legendary Spinner added.
Harbhajan Singh Returns Virat Kohli
“(Virat) Kohli also hit fifty. Although Kohli is not very good, but I think he will score here. Whenever a big tournament comes, Kohli always performs. The KL Rahul form is also good,” Harbhajan remarked.
“The average virat kohlija is 52 against Pakistan. Shreyas Iyer has an average of 67 against the same opposition. Rohit Sharma is 51 on average, while Hardik Pandya has an average of 69,” he added.
Pakistan will start a trophy champion campaign against New Zealand on February 19 in Karachi. In the meantime, India will play Bangladesh on February 20th in the introductory match of the tournament.
While all teams will play in Pakistan, India will play all his matches in Dubai while the tournament is played in the hybrid model.
