Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Rameez Raja has made a big statement regarding the recently played India-Pakistan match. He said that India did a favor to Pakistan by “playing poorly” in the T20 World Cup Group A match in New York, but the Babar Azam-led team failed to take advantage of it.

The Indian team collapsed for 119 runs on the sluggish pitch of the South County International Cricket Stadium. The team was all out in the 19th over itself. Even in the first 10 overs, the score of Team India was 80 runs for 3 wickets, but the next 39 runs were scored in 9 overs and seven wickets fell. In the end, the Pakistani team could not even achieve the target of 120 runs. Former veteran cricketer Rameez Raja looked angry with this defeat of Pakistan.

India did them a favor by playing badly- Rameez Raja

He said that if the Indian team had batted better, then the match would have been out of Pakistan’s reach. In an interview to Cricbuzz, he said, “India did them a favor by playing poorly. Actually, they were playing fearlessly, otherwise they would have easily reached 140-150 runs, which would have been very difficult for Pakistan, but due to their poor shots and some good bowling, Pakistan came back in the game.”

Rameez Raja called the wicket of Mohammad Rizwan the turning point. He said, “We did not see any positive intent. There was no good awareness of the game either. The shot that (Mohammad) Rizwan played on (Jasprit) Bumrah’s ball was not right. Bumrah came to get the breakthrough.

His two overs proved to be decisive for Pakistan. If he had used his mind and ensured that Bumrah was played safely, it could have been easier for the team to win.” Rizwan was bowled by Bumrah.