Lucknow: Whenever the teams of India and Pakistan come face to face with each other, it is a tough competition. Even though these two do not play any bilateral series against each other, they face each other in ICC tournaments. India has always had the upper hand in the history of the World Cup, while if we talk about the T-20 World Cup, the neighboring country has also won it once. When these two arch rivals face each other, there is a different kind of pressure on the players and in such a situation, the young opening batsman of the Pakistani team, Sam Ayub has given a big statement regarding the World Cup.

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Actually, the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 will be played jointly hosted by West Indies and USA next month. This tournament will start from June 2, where the first match will be played between hosts America and Canada. So India and Pakistan will face each other on June 9. In such a situation, before this great match, Ayub says that he does not want to take any extra pressure after hearing the name of India and wants to defeat India. Let us tell you that the Indian team has lost only once against Pakistan in the history of T-20 World Cup, where they had to face defeat by 10 wickets in 2021.

Ayub has given a big reaction before the match to be held on 9th June. In fact, a Pakistani journalist, Imran Siddiqui, quoted Ayub on his official X account and wrote that “We will try to withstand the pressure to defeat India in the T20 World Cup.”