Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has opted not to make any prediction before the high-intense match between India and Pakistan at the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year.
The arch-rivals will meet on October 23 at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) one year after the Men in Green outclassed their neighbours by ten wickets at Dubai International Stadium.
The 41-year-old, before the game in Dubai, had asked the Pakistan cricket team to give a walkover to India as they had never managed to beat them in the World Cup (50 and 20-overs both).
“I told Shoaib Akhtar that there’s no sense in Pakistan participating; you should give us a walkover. You’ll play, you’ll lose again, and you’ll be upset.” On Star Sports, Harbhajan Singh had remarked, “Our squad is extremely solid, very powerful, and they will easily beat you guys.”
After the match, the former off-spinner was trolled badly by the Pakistani fans, including cricketers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Amir.
Won’t give any statement this year: Harbhajan Singh
The fear of losing to Pakistan has made Harbhajan into thinking as he has decided to refrain from making any remarks before the match and said: “We have another T20 World Cup and this year, I won’t be giving any statement and won’t talk over who will win [between Pakistan and India],” he told to Shoaib Akhtar in a conversation on an Indian sports website.
“Mauka Mauka or whatever, we will see what is going to happen as last time around things went bad due to this,” Shoaib advised Harbhajan not to make any prediction on which the latter agreed.
