Former Pakistani pacer, Shoaib Akhtar has revealed his favourite to life the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 trophy. In a recent interview Akhtar said that Pakistan is going to win the match against India on 14th October 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium and will carry that momentum to win the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
Akhtar further made shocking comments about Indian batting phenomenon Virat Kohli. He said that it’s time for Virat Kohli to hang up the boots in ODI cricket. Akhtar claimed that too much cricket is putting a lot of pressure on Virat Kohli and he should retire from ODIs to focus on Test and T20 cricket.
India and Pakistan will face each other on 14th October 2023 at the world’s largest stadium, Narendra Modi Stadium in a league stage match in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. However, before that India is scheduled to play an ODI against Pakistan on 2nd September 2023 in the Asia Cup.
The rivalry between India and Pakistan is heating up and veterans from both nations are predicting their favourites for the upcoming clash. Recently, AB de Villiers did not pick Pakistan in his top four for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 and that also created a huge controversy.