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 India captain Suryakumar Yadav played down the hype around the cricket rivalry with Pakistan after beating their bitter rivals by six wickets in the Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday. India rode on a blazing 74 from opener Abhishek Sharma as they chased down a target of 172 in 18.5 overs in the Super Four clash, where they again refused to shake hands with their opponents. It was India's second win in the Twenty20 tournament over Pakistan in a week after their group stage clash. It was also their 12th in 15 T20 internationals. Asked if this dominance showed that the rivalry was waning, Suryakumar replied: "You guys should stop asking questions about the rivalry between India-Pakistan. "According to me, if two teams play 15-20 matches, and if it is even, then it is a rivalry. 13-0, 10-1, I don't know what the stat is, but this is not a rivalry anymore." Pakistan's last of three T20 wins over India came in the Asia Cup in Dubai in 2022. India and Pakistan only play ...

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“You bowl very well, please accept this cricket bat as a gift from me.” You must remember when Virat Kohli gave a bat to Mohammad Amir in 2016. And if you’ve forgotten that, then surely you recall Kohli and Mohammad Rizwan’s warm embrace after a match in 2021. In the past, whatever the state of Pakistan–India relations might have been, it never affected the cricketers on the field. But now things have reached a point where Indian cricketers have locked their dressing room doors just to avoid shaking hands with Pakistani players. After their defeat in the war, the Indians are frustrated, and they’re venting that anger on the cricket field. Otherwise, they wouldn’t act so foolishly.  I still give cricketers a little margin—perhaps the poison of hatred hasn’t completely seeped into their conscience yet—but they remain under the influence of their board and government.  After the captains’ press conferences, when Surya Kumar Yadav was criticized for shaking hands with Mohsin Naqvi...

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