Abdul Razzaq predicts Pakistan will overtake India in the future, faces fans' wrath again

Former Pakistan cricketer Abdul Razzaq has made a habit of grabbing headlines through his controversial statements and bizarre claims. The former all-rounder, who is always high on praise for Pakistan cricket, has made a huge claim about his country's national team. Razzaq recently stated that Pakistan team has the potential to grab the top or second spot in all the formats and also opened up on their side's rebuilding phase.

Abdul Razzaq claims Pakistan team has potential to be at top in all fomats

In an interview with PakPassion, Razzaq said that they have to look at the likes of South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka and England who are currently in the middle of a similar rebuilding phase like Pakistan. Citing the example of South Africa who have found it difficult to rebuild their side, Razzaq opined that he is thankful that Pakistan is not at that stage. Razzaq stated that he is very happy that Pakistan's batting, bowling and fielding has shown a marked improvement.

According to the Pakistan veteran, the secret to reaching the first or second position in ICC’s rankings in all formats is to improve in all three facets just like Australia did and dominated all other teams about 20 years ago. Razzaq was hopeful that the way things are going, Pakistan will overtake other nations and reach the first or second position in all formats very soon.

Abdul Razzaq claims Pakistan has more talent than India

Speaking with Cricket Pakistan in March, the former Pakistani cricketer went on to say that people should not compare Virat Kohli with Babar Azam. He added how fans should stop comparing Paksitani players with Indians because Pakistan has more talent. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa head coach also mentioned that Pakistani batsmen should rather be compared to various great players in Pakistan cricket history like Inzamam ul Haq, Javed Miandad, Saeed Anwar, Mohammad Yousaf, Ijaz Ahmed, and Zaheer Abbas.

Razzaq also went on to add how both Virat Kohli and Babar Azam are two completely different players. The Pakistani international went on to suggest that matches between Pakistan and India should be held as it is important to have such matches to judge who is a better player. He also goes on to mention that Indian cricket fans do not compare their players with Pakistan, and the Pakistani supporters should do the same and not compare their players with Indian cricketers.

IPL suspension comes midway just like PSL 2021

Trouble started mounting when Match 30 between the KKR and RCB got postponed after 2 of the KKR players, Sandeep Warrier and Varun Chakravarthy COVID reports came positive. Later, 3 people in the CSK team including CEO Kasi Viswanathan and bowling coach L. Balaji also tested positive. As the KKR played their previous match with Delhi Capitals, the whole Delhi Capitals team had to undergo quarantine.

The IPL suspension announcement was made after the SRH player Wriddhiman Saha IPL test report came positive along with Amit Mishra from Delhi Capitals. This caused the whole Sunrisers Hyderabad team to go into quarantine. Therefore, Match 31 between the 2016 winners and the title-holders Mumbai Indians got canceled as a result of which the Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Sourav Ganguly led Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to suspend the the competition with immediate effect with no other alternatives before them.

It will be interesting to see when how and when the Sourav Ganguly-led BCCI stages the remainder of the IPL 2021 in a packed international cricketing calendar. Post the IPL suspension, it is likely that the tournament and PSL 2021, both would be held in the UAE this year.

SOURCE: ICC TWITTER