Abdul Razzaq’s Controversial Statement After India’s Defeat – ‘Cricket Won and India Lost’

Abdul Razzaq’s Controversial Statement After India’s Defeat – ‘Cricket Won and India Lost’: Only a few days after disparaging Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai, former Pakistani batsman Abdul Razzaq has made another contentious claim. It appears that the former all-rounder has taken to making controversial comments on Indian cricket.

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Abdul Razzaq seldom misses an opportunity to criticize Indian cricket, from disparaging Hardik Pandya to referring to Jasprit Bumrah as a “baby bowler.” And he was at it again, claiming that the recent ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 was beneficial for the game when India lost to Pakistan in the championship match.

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An agonizing loss to Australia in the World Cup final brought an end to India’s incredible journey. Since the opponent was just being teased, the Men in Blue were the team with the most amount of dominance in the tournament.

They won every one of the ten games and swept into the championship match. The Rohit Sharma-led team, however, was unable to muster a comparable effort in the title match and was defeated by 6 wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

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India was asked to bat first, and despite half-centuries from KL Rahul and Virat Kohli, they could only muster a meager 240 runs.

Australia responded by chasing the score down in 43 overs. Thanks to a magnificent century from Travis Head and an undefeated fifty from Marnus Labuschagne, the Australian side rallied from 47 for 3 to easily chase down the mark.

“Agar sahi baat kare toh aaj cricket jeeti hai. Aap conditions ko apni taraf utilise karke, ye kabhi bhi nahi aisa hota. Agar aaj India jeet jaati toh fir cricket jo hai naa vo India ki taraf ho jaati. Cricket ne bataya ki mai vo cricket hu jo brave hote hai, jo strong hote hai mentally, effort krte hai, jaan maarte hai, mai unke saath hu.

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“Khushi iss cheej ki hai aaj ki agar India jeet jaati na to hume bahut jyada afsos hota iss sense mei ki vo conditions ko utilise kar rahi thi. Kuch na kuch toh hai conditions mei. Bilkul fair pitches honi chahiye, bilkul fair atmosphere hona chahiye, ki dono teams ke liye balance hona chahiye. Aaj bhi India ne advantage liya, agar Kohli 100 kar jaate toh India ye World Cup jeet jaati.

(Cricket won and India lost! Had India won the World Cup, it would have been a very sad moment for the game. They used conditions to their advantage, and I have never seen such a bad pitch for any ICC final before. It’s great for cricket that India lost),” Abdul Razzaq said this on the Hasna Mana Hai show in Pakistan.

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