Here comes Mr know it all but isn’t hired to give professional advice
2 matches and you think we are the worst side in the world. Stop being so pessimistic all the time dude
Don’t confuse pessimism with reality. I knew this was coming and was warning everyone for over a year, but people were too busy calling me Indian and celebrating wins over minnows and weak teams.
It is not about these 2 games; it is about the fact that we are a very average team that gets pounded by the top teams more often than not.
As far as Junaid is concerned, he has zero psychological edge over India - zero. They have thrashed far better bowlers than him and will thrash him 9/10 times as well. One fluke spell vs India in perfect conditions eons ago means nothing anymore.
Having said that, there is no harm in giving him a go. All the other pacers (except Shaheen) have been rubbish. Maybe Junaid can do better if he is in better form. Rohit and Dhawan are due a failure so if we beat Bangladesh, maybe he can take their wickets.
However, let’s not talk about psychological edge and all that nonsense. We were told that Pakistan will have a mental edge over India because of the Champions Trophy Final, and we saw what happened to that so-called mental edge.
We were also told that the likes of Fakhar, Shadab, Amir, Sarfraz, Asif etc. will not crumble under pressure because they do not carry the scars of being humiliated by India over the years. Again, we saw that mental edge go for a toss.
If we qualify for the final and he plays, he may or may not do well against India, but it has nothing to do with him having wood over India.
He is a nobody in international cricket at the moment and hardly any opposition thinks highly of him. He can barely get a game for Pakistan.
