‘He humiliated Pakistan’s bowling attack’ – Shoaib Akhtar on Rohit Sharma’s knock against Pakistan and ODI World Cup 2023

India and Pakistan recently locked horns for the ODI World Cup 2023 on 14 October at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad and India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets before the end of 50 overs.  India kept their streak alive of defeating the archrivals in the World Cup and have now won all the 8 encounters against Pakistan in the World Cup. Pakistan showed a below par performance in the game as they got bowled out by the Indian bowlers in 191 runs. 

After the match, Pakistan’s former fastest bowler Shoaib Akhtar analysed the low scoring game and showed his confidence in the Indian team to lift the ODI World Cup 2023 trophy. He also called Rohit Sharma a ‘one man Army’ and labelled Pakistan’s performance in the game to be disappointing. 

Shoaib Akhtar on Pakistan’s poor performance against India 

Shoaib Akhtar openly criticised Pakistan’s performance on his YouTube channel while appreciating Rohit Sharma, he said, “I am beginning to believe India is about to repeat that history of the 2011 World Cup. If they don’t mess up in the semi-finals, India is really there to win this World Cup. So well done India. You have done wonderfully well. You destroyed us, demoralized us, and decimated us. Disappointing performance, a very disappointing performance. India completely hammered Pakistan.” 

“Rohit Sharma was a one-man army. I don’t know where was Rohit Sharma in the last couple of years. He is a very big player and has a wide range of shots. He is a complete batter, a complete team, Pakistan’s humiliation is in front of us. India ne Bachon ki tarah maara(India beat Pakistan like kids). I couldn’t watch it. Rohit Sharma played ruthlessly,” he said. 

“The kind of innings he played, he humiliated Pakistan’s bowling attack. He took revenge for the last two years where he didn’t get many runs. Good to see Rohit Sharma back, he did right to smash the bowlers. What’s the need to finish the game at the last overs and take it deep? Rohit hammered the bowlers,” added Akhtar.