Shoaib Akhtar Wary of Sri Lanka Might says, "Ye koi khala ji ka ghar nahi hai...."
Former fast bowler of Pakistan cricket team Shoaib Akhtar said that Bangladesh gave a great wake-up call to team India before the finals of the Asia Cup 2023 against Sri Lanka on Sunday. Team India was the first team to confirm their spot in the finals, but they lost to Bangladesh in the last super four match of the tournament in Colombo on Friday. India rested Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, and Mohammed Siraj to give some game time to the likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, and Prasidh Krishna before heading into the World Cup.
While talking about the defeat of Team India and their finals match against Sri Lanka, former fast bowler of the Pakistan cricket team Shoaib Akhtar said on his YouTube channel that, "We were not expecting that India would lose to a team like Bangladesh, but they did. It was an embarrassing defeat. Pakistan lost to Sri Lanka. They are out of the Asia Cup, which is an even bigger embarrassment. India is still in the final. All is not lost for them. It was a great wakeup call for them to come back harder and make sure they secure victory in the finals, but that will only happen if they play really well. Ye khala ji ka ghar nahi hai jaha pe India jake araam se jeet legal. Nothing of that sort is going to happen. It's going to be a tough game.
"Sri Lanka is out there to beat India. And going into the World Cup, it could be anybody's game. India needs to wake up. They lost to Bangladesh."
In the Super Four match that took place between the two sides, India beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs.