00:00The quality of player Virat Kohli is and the number of runs he has got for India.
00:05I am sure he will be able to sort this problem out.
00:0880 international 100s and I am sure he has scored runs in his leg spin also.
00:13So, probably one of those days when he is caught out, so he has to find a way to play it.
00:18India-Pakistan, lots of matches.
00:22I have played an entire life of India-Pakistan starting from the Independence Cup final in 1996
00:28when I got a 100 to beat Pakistan in Bangladesh in the final.
00:32Five years of going to Canada, India-Pakistan where I bowled and batted.
00:37So many World Cup in South Africa where we beat Pakistan in the World Cup.
00:46My first series as captain to Pakistan in 2004 where India won the test
00:55and won the test for the first time ever in the history of Indian cricket.
00:59Beat Pakistan in Pakistan in test matches and won the cricket.
01:02So, lots of good memories of Pakistan.
01:05I have seen Jagad Niyanda 6 as well and I have seen the transformation India made after that
01:12to beat Pakistan in every format.
01:17My highest test score is against Pakistan 239.
01:23239 is against Pakistan.
01:26So, great memories of Pakistan.
01:28I have been to three trips of Pakistan in a time when India wouldn't go to Pakistan.
01:35In 1997, I went for the Independence Cup.
01:38Then I captained India in 2004 for three tests and five one days in Pakistan.
01:43Then went back again in 2007 against Pakistan in Pakistan.
01:48I have played a lot of cricket with Pakistan, seen a lot of cricket with Pakistan.
01:52There are some great matches in the past but to be honest, in the modern day,
01:56if you look at the last 15-20 years, it's been pretty one sided.
02:01I say that with respect. It's not due respect to anyone.
02:04India has been a far far superior team.
02:07When I look at this team, it's also far far superior.
02:11Pakistan will have to play really well to get past India.
02:15For me, I just don't look at India as an India-Pakistan game.
02:20I see India as one of the contenders for the Champions League.
02:23New Zealand has beaten Pakistan.
02:25So, New Zealand is ahead.
02:28If India beats Pakistan, then Pakistan will probably be out of the competition.
02:33So, I see India and New Zealand from this group.
02:36From the other group, there is England, there is Australia, there is South Africa
02:41and there is Afghanistan.
02:44In Australia, I am a little worried because there is no Cummins, there is no Mitchell Stark,
02:49there is no Josh Hazlewood.
02:51So, three of the best fast bowlers are not there.
02:54So, they will have to bowl really well on those flat pitches in Pakistan.
02:58So, between South Africa, England and Australia, any two,
03:03you never count Australia out because the pedigree and the quality of cricket they play
03:10and the talent they have.
03:13But I won't be surprised if England and South Africa make it.
03:18South Africa last two World Cups has been a very good team.
03:21So, I don't know what will happen to the other group, any two from those three.
03:25But if India beat Pakistan day after tomorrow,
03:29then it probably will be India-New Zealand to the last.
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