Reported earlier by Sportskeeda, Shahid Afridi had stirred the cauldron of controversy when he claimed that the Indian side used to ask for forgiveness from the Pakistani side after being thrashed regularly.
However Aakash Chopra came out with facts and figures and methodically countered Shahid Afridi’s misleading claims.
Aakash Chopra also iterated that the Pakistan team used to be a good side in the past but the balance was tilting towards India off late.
Aakash Chopra uses figures to counter Shahid Afridi’s claims
The tall claims of Shahid Afridi did not stand the test of figures as Aakash Chopra revealed the win-loss figures in all the three formats since Shahid Afridi’s debut.
India and Pakistan played 15 Test matches after Shahid Afridi’s debut with both nations winning five games apiece.
In ODIs, out of the 82 matches played between the arch-rivals, Pakistan just pipped India with 41 wins when compared to India’s 39 wins.
Chopra mentioned that the competition in T20Is was particularly lopsided as India had beaten Pakistan in 7 out of the 8 T20Is played, including the 2007 T20 World Cup final.
Overall, India has won 51 international matches as compared to Pakistan’s 47 since Shahid Afridi made his debut, thereby nipping Afridi’s tall claims in the bud.
Aakash Chopra advised Afridi that he and the Pakistani team should stop trying to compete with India and try to be comfortable in their own skin.
Aakash Chopra also took a dig at Afridi, saying he had coined the term ‘unretire’ for retiring several times and going back on his decision regularly.
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