India skipper Suryakumar Yadav has urged everyone to stop calling the contests against Pakistan a “rivalry,” given how his team has dominated them, the most recent demolition act being the six-wicket triumph in a Super 4s match of the ongoing Asia Cup here.
India and Pakistan have faced each other 15 times in T20Is, with the reigning world champs winning 12. After the comprehensive win on Sunday night here, the proverbial rivarly question was thrown at Suryakumar by a senior Pakistani journalist.
“Sir, my request is that we should now stop calling India vs Pakistan matches a rivalry,” Suryakumar responded with a smile. When the scribe clarified that he was referring to “standards, and not the rivalry”, the Indian skipper said it hardly makes things any different. “Sir, rivalry and standard are all the same. Now what is a rivalry?
If two teams have played 15 matches and it’s 8-7, that’s a rivalry. Here it’s 13-1 [12-3] or something. There is no contest,” he said before winding up the media conference with a grin.
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