‘India will return home after playing semi-final’ – Shoaib Akhtar makes big claim on Team India

Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has come up with a huge prediction as he believes Team India will be knocked out of the semi-finals.

The Indian Team is right now placed at the top of Group 2 with back-to-back wins against Pakistan and the Netherlands.

However, the former speedster has predicted that the Indian Team won’t be able to go beyond the semi-final stage of the T20 World Cup and will return back next week.

Shoaib Akhtar’s bold World Cup prediction

Shoaib heavily criticized Pakistan’s loss against Zimbabwe which has threatened their chances of reaching the final stage and said that he had already predicted that the Pakistan Team won’t progress to the semi-final phase of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

The former pacer didn’t stop here as he went on to predict India’s chances of winning the World Cup as he said on his YouTube channel, “I had already told Pakistan that they will come back this week. And India will come back next week after playing in the semi-final. Voh bhi koi Tees Maar Khan nahi hai (India are also not some unbeatable side) and we are even worse. “

Shoaib Akhtar predicts that India will also return home after the semis since they are also not that good (or as he says 'Tees Maar Khan'). pic.twitter.com/zj5BFnjXYI

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Akhtar went on to criticise the Pakistan team as he said, “I have been saying this repeatedly, these openers, the middle order aren’t good enough for us to get success at this level. What can I say? Pakistan have a bad captain. Pakistan is out of the world cup in the second game. Against Zimbabwe. Babar, come one down but he is not listening. Major flaw in Shaheen Afridi’s fitness. A major flaw in captaincy.”

It’s worth noting that the Rohit Sharma-led Indian Team is very well placed to book a seat for the semi-final stage as they’ve already won their first two games. On the other hand, Pakistan have lost both their games and South Africa missed a point as the match against Zimbabwe got abandoned due to rain.

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The Indian Team were one of the favorites for this tournament and till now they’ve done enough both with the bat and ball despite losing quite a few players due to injuries.