Before the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the former chief coach of India, Ravi Shastri, opened on Wednesday the rivalry between India and Pakistan and also provided information on the comments of the chief coach Gautam Gambhir, according to the ICC. Gambhir recently said that the importance of the stage of the Champions Trophy group against Pakistan was the same as any other element in the event, with all games in the tournament of equal value. Speaking to the Sanjana host Ganesan in the last edition of the CPI review, Shastri declared that although he had talked about the game in the same light when he was a chief coach, there are more.
“I was the coach for seven years. Every time I asked me, I said the same (like Gambhir). But let me make sure, deep down, there is much more than you really think, that’s for the media. You have to say it .
“People don’t care what they have done in the past. They don’t care about the last 10 games if you won eight or want nine. But they will remember you if you lose one, until the next time you play they can be a taxi driver, do you Could it be any of the people on the street?
India and Pakistan, grooved in Group A of the Champions Trophy, will face February 23 in Dubai.
The two teams had previously blocked horns in the place in an ICC tournament in 2021, when Pakistan recorded a gigantic 10 Wickt victory.
Shastri, however, believes that the recoil will not occupy much head space for Indian players.
“No, that will not play in your mind because that was a T20 game. This is a 50’s clash about the Cricket, if you have experience and you have depth in your batting and bowling departments and you know that it makes a large mass difference. And much more experienced too, “said Shastri.
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