Former India bowler slams Najam Sethi for his comments over change of venue in Asia Cup 2023
Najam Sethi (Source: Twitter)
The Indian Cricket Team is currently participating in the Asia Cup 2023. They have qualified for the Super 4 stage of the competition along with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The Men in Blue will lock horns with arch-rivals, Pakistan in their first match of the Super 4. The match will be played at the R.Premadasa Stadium, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Sunday, September 10.
Former India spinner, Harbhajan Singh takes a jibe at Najam Sethi after he expressed his unhappiness over keeping Colombo as a venue in Asia Cup 2023 in spite of inclement weather. “Don’t know what Najam Sethi is smoking nowadays. I don’t know how is he saying that they were the favorites or India does not want to play Pakistan,” Harbhajan Singh was quoted as saying on Sports Today.
“Please someone give him the whole record where India has beaten them more number of times whenever they have played against each other. This is a baseless kind of thing for him, with the kind of stature that he holds at this moment for Pakistan cricket,” the 43-year-old added. In the end, the off-spinner went on to challenge Sethi by saying that the Men in Blue can defeat the arch-rivals at any venue.
Don’t know where this is coming from: Harbhajan Singh
“He says, India does not want to play Pakistan because India is scared. India is never scared to play anyone. Don’t know where this is coming from. They needed to sit with the Asian Cricket Council and see where the tournament was going to be held. Whether the weather forecast was right or not. Boss, come and play us wherever you want, we will beat you,” Harbhajan concluded.
Sethi earlier opined that the ACC had informed the PCB of the change in the venue but he could not understand why the decision got reverted. The 75-year-old questioned whether Team India feared playing against Men in Green and that’s the reason they wanted the game to be called off due to rain.
“Indian Cricket Board/ACC informed PCB today that they had decided to shift next India-Pak match from Colombo to Hambantota because of rain forecasts. Within one hour they changed their mind and announced Colombo as the venue. What’s going on? Is India afraid to play and lose to Pakistan? Look at the rain forecast!” Sethi wrote on X (Formally Twitter).
