After a dominant series victory against Bangladesh, India have been getting a lot of praise from the cricketing fraternity. Recently, former Pakistani cricketer Basit Ali also hailed the Indian cricket team for an expected win against Bangladesh in the Kanpur Test. Even after losing two and half days to rain and wet outfield, India thrashed Bangladesh by seven wickets with one session still remaining on day five of the second Test. Basit Ali heaped praise on Rohit Sharma and his men and also accepted that Pakistan cricket team stands nowhere against team India currently.
India shattered several records in the second Test in Kanpur. The hosts achieved the record for the fastest team 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 in Test cricket and posted 285/9 in just 34.4 overs in the first innings. After that, the bowlers took the charge in the second innings and bowled Bangladesh out for 146 runs with a target of 95 runs, With the help of Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 51(45) runs and Virat Kohli’s 29* off 37, India chased the target comfortably in 17.2 overs losing three wickets, winning the two-match series by 2-0.
India’s only competition is Australia: Basit Ali
Before their tour to India, Bangladesh were high on confidence after they defeated Pakistan by 2-0 in Test series in front of their home crowd. After that, Bangladesh were also expected to give a tough fight to India, but India turned out to be too strong for them. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Basit Ali said that there is a lot of difference between India and Pakistan in cricket, and currently, only Australia are a worthy competition against India. Notably, this was also India 18th consecutive Test series win at home
“Fark aap dekh le India aur Pakistan ka fark. Yeh haqeeqat hai, isko maane. Agar aap issi soch me rahenge ki humari cricket bahut achchi hai, toh bekaar hai (Please notice the difference between India and Pakistan. This is the truth, accept it. If you keep thinking that our cricket is very good, then it’s a waste). India ka muqabla bas Australia se hi hai, baaki aise hi hai. Mere khayal se 19th or 20th series jeeti hai (India’s only competition is Australia. I think they have won 19 or 20 series at home),” Basit Ali was quoted as saying by FirstPost.
