“Put in easy group…”- Sunil Gavaskar drops shocking statement on India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2026 clash
The former captain and the opening batter of Indian cricket team, Sunil Gavaskar, has dropped the shocking statment on the groupings of the T20 World Cup 2026 in India and Sri Lanka.
The former Indian captain and the opening batter, Sunil Gavaskar, has slammed the groupings of the T20 World Cup 2026, where India and Pakistan were placed in Group A, alongside the United States of America and the Netherlands. While India enters the event as the favorites, the second-best team will anyway be Pakistan.
In his latest column, Gavaskar wrote on Sportstar that India and Pakistan have once again been put on the same ground to guarantee the high-profile cherry on the cake. It was the same situation where they faced each other in the previous edition of the competition.
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“As always in recent World Cups, India and Pakistan are not only placed in the same group to ensure at least one clash between the traditional rivals, but are also invariably put in a fairly easy group to qualify for the next round. So the real battle could well start from the following stage of the tournament.” Gavaskar wrote in his column.
Sunil Gavaskar slams T20 World Cup 2026 groupings
Reflecting on the T20 World Cup 2024, India ended their 11-year wait to clinch an ICC title. Gavaskar pointed out that the USA could be a bigger challenge this time around, which beat Pakistan in the group-stage clash of the event. Pakistan, meanwhile, failed to progress into the second round of the tournament.
“We saw the USA beat Pakistan in the last edition of the ICC T20 World Cup when they were co-hosts with the West Indies. They have since improved with experience and by rubbing shoulders with some of the best players in the world in Major League Cricket.” Gavaskar penned down.
“The best part of these leagues is that they help to get rid of the awe factor that players from emerging countries often feel towards some of the big names in the game. Sharing dressing rooms with them, seeing how they prepare, and how they deal with failure are things that cannot be taught in any university.” The former captain addressed.
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