Former Pakistani opener Imran Farhat predicted the winner of the Pakistan-India clash in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, which will be played in India later this year.
Farhat, 41, believes that bowling will be key during the clash and stated Pakistan have better spinners.
“I think Pakistan will win,” Farhat said while speaking on a YouTube channel. “They have a better ODI team than India. Bowling will be key. We have better spinners and fast bowlers on our side. You need batters with good basics, which we have. Indian players, on the other hand, play a lot of T20 cricket.”
The former left-handed batter also opened up about his friendship with Indian middle-order batter Yuvraj Singh saying that he was even close to his father.
“I had a very good friendship with Yuvraj Singh, but I had an even better bond with his father. Yuvraj's dad had a petrol pump and a restaurant in Chandigarh.
"We used to sit there and talk about culture with him during our visits. He would take us to his restaurant, where he would sing songs for us.”
Farhat represented Pakistan in 40 Tests, 58 one-day internationals and seven T20Is where he scored 4195 runs across formats including four centuries and 27 half-centuries.
It must be noted that the most anticipated match of the Cricket World Cup will be played between India and Pakistan on October 15 (subject to change) at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the biggest stadium in the world that can gather as many as 132,000 spectators.
Men in Green’s record against the Blues in the World Cup isn’t something one would want to talk about as the former have lost seven out of seven matches against the latter including an infamous semi-final defeat in the 2011 World Cup in Mohali.
Pakistan will also face India in the upcoming Asia Cup on September two. However, both teams have a chance to play each other thrice in the tournament if they make it to the Super 4 and the final.