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Sourav Ganguly (Source: Twitter)
The blockbuster clash between India and Pakistan in the ODI World Cup 2023 is set to take place on October 15 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The buildup for the game is already firing up as flight tickets upsurge and so do hotel bookings. Before the game, former India Sourav Ganguly came up with two theories that found refuted by a former Pakistan batter.
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He said, "There is a lot of hype in this match but the quality has not been that good for a long time because India kept on winning one-sided. Pakistan probably defeated India for the first time in the T20 World Cup in Dubai." Former Pakistan batter Basit Ali was shocked at the statement. "I read Sourav Ganguly's statement and was quite shocked. Ganguly, the former Indian Cricket Board president has played top-class cricket and was a fabulous captain who developed a lot of players," he reacted on his YouTube channel.
'Brother, when India plays Australia, are roads in your country empty?’ – Basit Ali to Sourav Ganguly
"I don't agree with him saying that India vs Pakistan matches are one-sided in favour of India. No doubt you have beaten us a lot in World Cups before but that hasn't been the case since 2017. We beat India at the T20 World Cup in UAE and last year in the Asia Cup, won one and lost one. Yes, India defeated Pakistan at the T20 World Cup in Australia but that was purely because of Virat Kohli. He won it single-handedly. Clearly the best-ever T20 innings."
For his second theory, Sourav Ganguly compared the craze of India and Pakistan games to the India and Australia games. He said the latter creates more buzz in recent times, which received stark refute from Basit Ali. 'Brother, when India plays Australia, are roads in your country empty? No. They are empty whenever there's an India-Pakistan match - both in India and in Pakistan. Everyone is glued to their TV screen and are praying. Look at the ticket prices for the World Cup; India-Australia costs are nowhere close to India-Pakistan's. So, I feel that Ganguly - DADA ji - is just trying to play mind games," he said.