{"id":292846,"date":"2022-11-01T08:38:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T03:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=292846"},"modified":"2022-11-01T08:38:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T03:38:52","slug":"india-blew-pakistans-chances-says-an-upset-shoaib-akhtar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/india-blew-pakistans-chances-says-an-upset-shoaib-akhtar\/","title":{"rendered":"India blew Pakistan\u2019s chances, says an upset Shoaib Akhtar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Islamabad<br \/>\nShoaib Akhtar, the former power pacer, Sunday said South Africa\u2019s hammering mighty India to smithereens was a nail in the coffin for Pakistan\u2019s ICC Twenty20 World Cup dreams.<br \/>\n\u201cIndia ne marwa diya humein (India blew Pakistan\u2019s chances) by succumbing to South Africa. But India is not to be blamed as we made this sure by playing too bad,\u201d Akhtar said analysing the critical T20 world cup situation on his YouTube channel.<br \/>\n\u201cHopes pinned on the neighbours were dashed. If India had sent South Africa packing, Pakistan\u2019s chances of sneaking to the next round would have become fatter.\u201d<br \/>\nAkhtar said he had earlier said these pitches were not easy to play.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd I was proven right. India got exposed to South Africa\u2019s lethal pace attack. Had Indians played patiently, it would have been a winning target, India disappointed us.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThis has left Pakistan with fewer chances,\u201d the former pacer said adding, \u201cHowever if we somehow defeat South Africa in the quarter-final, then we may have a chance, but our contenders can shock us too\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad Shoaib Akhtar, the former power pacer, Sunday said South Africa\u2019s hammering mighty India to smithereens was a nail in the coffin for Pakistan\u2019s ICC Twenty20 World Cup dreams. \u201cIndia ne marwa diya humein (India blew Pakistan\u2019s chances) by succumbing to South Africa. But India is not to be blamed as we made this sure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-292846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India blew Pakistan\u2019s chances, says an upset Shoaib Akhtar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/india-blew-pakistans-chances-says-an-upset-shoaib-akhtar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India blew Pakistan\u2019s chances, says an upset Shoaib Akhtar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad Shoaib Akhtar, the former power pacer, Sunday said South Africa\u2019s hammering mighty India to smithereens was a nail in the coffin for Pakistan\u2019s ICC Twenty20 World Cup dreams. \u201cIndia ne marwa diya humein (India blew Pakistan\u2019s chances) by succumbing to South Africa. 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