Suryakumar Yadav celebrates with teammates after the wicket of Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz throughout the Asia Cup 2025 Super Four match between India and Pakistan, in Dubai, UAE.
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Having crushed Pakistan with consummate ease within the Asia Cup Super 4 match, Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday (September 21, 2025) urged everybody to cease calling the contests between the 2 nations a significant “rivalry.”
India and Pakistan have confronted one another 15 instances in T20Is, with the reigning world champions successful 12 of these encounters, and within the newest occasion the Suryakumar-led aspect received by six wickets.
When a senior Pakistani journalist requested if the gulf in requirements between the 2 sides had grown too broad, Suryakumar responded with a smile, “Sir, my request is that we should now stop calling India vs Pakistan matches a rivalry.”
When the scribe clarified that he was referring to “standards, not rivalry,” the Indian skipper quipped nonchalantly.
“Sir, rivalry and standard are all the same. Now what is a rivalry? If two teams have played 15 matches and it’s 8-7, that’s a rivalry. Here it’s 13-1 (12-3) or something. There is no contest,” he mentioned earlier than strolling out of the media convention room with a grin.
Published – September 22, 2025 04:20 am IST