India beating Pakistan in Pakistan? Shreyas Iyer’s stylish reply to journalist
Star India batter Shreyas Iyer gave an aesthetic reply to a Pakistan journalist’s intelligent query after India’s dominating win over their arch-rivals within the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday, February 23. India hammered Pakistan by six wickets as Virat Kohli continued his dominance over the Males in Inexperienced by slamming one other century.
In consequence, the Males in Blue comfortably chased down the goal of 242 in 42.3 overs to virtually seal their place within the semi-final of the match. Following India’s win, a Pakistani journalist requested Shreyas Iyer if the victory would’ve tasted even higher had they performed the match in Lahore or Karachi.
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The India batter instantly quipped that he has by no means performed in Pakistan and therefore doesn’t understand how it will’ve felt. Nevertheless, he talked about that he relishes the problem of a sport in opposition to Pakistan and each victory in opposition to them is nice.
“I’ve by no means performed a single sport in Pakistan so I don’t learn about that. However on the finish of the day, it was a impartial venue for each groups, it’s a distinct type of problem. We additionally don’t play a lot in Dubai however on the finish of the day, any victory in opposition to Pakistan is nice. As a result of it’s at all times aggressive and it’s a distinct problem with exterior stress from throughout. I actually loved it, it was my third sport in opposition to Pakistan. It was enjoyable,” stated Iyer within the post-match press convention.
Pakistan virtually out of semi-final race
Pakistan are the official host of the Champions Trophy because the match is being held throughout three venues in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi. Nevertheless, India are taking part in their matches at a impartial venue in Dubai because of the uncordial political relations between the 2 nations.
The transfer hasn’t gone down nicely with a number of pundits and former cricketers who’ve slammed India for not visiting their nation. In the meantime, following the loss in opposition to India, Pakistan are virtually out of the ICC Champions Trophy as they earlier misplaced in opposition to New Zealand within the opening fixture. They want a miracle to remain alive within the competitors and hope that the outcomes go their option to progress to the semi-finals.
