“I thought if I wanted to be a hero, this was my chance. I believed that if I played well against Pakistan, the fans would forget all my bad innings. There were many opportunities. Chetan Sharma would often remind me that he had taken a hat-trick and taken 200 wickets. But wherever I went, people only mentioned the time when Javed Miandad hit me for a six.”
"This incident highlights the psychological impact of India-Pakistan matches.No one can escape this. My best memory is when I was adjudged man of the match against Pakistan. This feeling is shared by everyone. Sometimes, it makes you sad, but you keep on keeping on," Sindhu said while speaking to Star Sports. “This intense rivalry, this love and confrontation is what makes India-Pakistan matches so fascinating."
Pakistan lost to co-hosts United States in their opening Group A encounter in what many are calling one of the biggest upsets in the history of the ICC tournament.The result leaves Pakistan in big trouble as they need to win all their remaining games to have any chance of qualifying.
Sidhu also revealed who he believes are the real game changers and who will be impact players for their respective teams in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
“See, the game changers are those who will score 2 runs on one ball. You are talking about strike rates of 1.5, 1.7, but there are some guys who are scoring 2.5, three runs per ball. Romario Shepherd's innings, 10 balls, 30 runs. There are some guys who will eventually come and score 35 runs in 10 balls.Now this is quality. 35 runs in ten balls, if two guys score and have support from someone like Virat Kohli, it's a game changer."
"Make no mistake about it. And I've been saying this, you look at the IPL and you look at the T20 format, guys who can actually score 2.5 or more runs per ball, they are the real game changers.
There are so many of them.There is Ravindra Jadeja, there is Shivam Dubey and even Axar Patel scores runs at the same pace. Why Dhoni is such a great finisher is because his strike rate is 2.5, sometimes his strike rate is 4 per ball. This is the real game changing impact in the game of cricket in T20. It's a different skill altogether, the skill of clearing the field,'' said the former all-rounder.
"This incident highlights the psychological impact of India-Pakistan matches.No one can escape this. My best memory is when I was adjudged man of the match against Pakistan. This feeling is shared by everyone. Sometimes, it makes you sad, but you keep on keeping on," Sindhu said while speaking to Star Sports. “This intense rivalry, this love and confrontation is what makes India-Pakistan matches so fascinating."
Pakistan lost to co-hosts United States in their opening Group A encounter in what many are calling one of the biggest upsets in the history of the ICC tournament.The result leaves Pakistan in big trouble as they need to win all their remaining games to have any chance of qualifying.
Sidhu also revealed who he believes are the real game changers and who will be impact players for their respective teams in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
“See, the game changers are those who will score 2 runs on one ball. You are talking about strike rates of 1.5, 1.7, but there are some guys who are scoring 2.5, three runs per ball. Romario Shepherd's innings, 10 balls, 30 runs. There are some guys who will eventually come and score 35 runs in 10 balls.Now this is quality. 35 runs in ten balls, if two guys score and have support from someone like Virat Kohli, it's a game changer."
"Make no mistake about it. And I've been saying this, you look at the IPL and you look at the T20 format, guys who can actually score 2.5 or more runs per ball, they are the real game changers.
There are so many of them.There is Ravindra Jadeja, there is Shivam Dubey and even Axar Patel scores runs at the same pace. Why Dhoni is such a great finisher is because his strike rate is 2.5, sometimes his strike rate is 4 per ball. This is the real game changing impact in the game of cricket in T20. It's a different skill altogether, the skill of clearing the field,'' said the former all-rounder.
