World Cup 2023: This former cricketer said that along with India and England, Pakistan will also be a strong contender.

 

 The World Cup 2023 is starting in India from 5 October and its final will be played on 19 November. In such a situation, former cricketers and experts are telling about their favorite teams for the mega tournament. In such a situation, now the name of former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been included in this list. He has said that along with India and England, Pakistan will also be a strong contender. 

Akhtar said that, "Playing India against Pakistan in the World Cup, Pakistan will be the underdog. When these two face off, no one will be talking about the World Cup, it's just going to be India vs Pakistan. My Believe this is going to be one of the best World Cups in the last 50-60 years. It is going to be the best ever World Cup that India is hosting. I want India to win this World Cup Take full advantage of that. However, Pakistan will be the underdog and will play with their three fast bowlers as well as medium pacer and two spinners. Pakistan will be a strong contender along with India and England." 

Talking about the ODI career of Pakistan's right-arm fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, he has played 163 ODIs and with the help of an economy rate of 4.77, he has succeeded in showing the path of the pavilion to 247 batsmen. During this, his best bowling performance has been to get 6 wickets for 16 runs. 

India Squad for World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya (Vice-Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav. 

Pakistan Squad for World Cup 2023: Babar Azam (Captain), Shadab Khan (Vice-Captain), Mohammad Rizwan (Wicket-keeper), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohd Haris, Mohd Nawaz, Usama Mir and Mohd Wasim Jr.

England Squad for World Cup 2023: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey , Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.