One-sided, with a bland taste of inevitability
Mumbai, Feb. 17 -- Suryakumar Yadav often passes light-hearted remarks sitting in press conferences. A comment from the India T20 captain in September last year though was made more than just in jest.
"I feel you should stop asking these questions on rivalry," Suryakumar said during the 2025 Asia Cup, after an end result against a familiar foe that wasn't any different to the one at the 2026 T20 World Cup in Colombo on Sunday.
"According to me, if two teams play 15-20 matches and if it (head-to-head record) is 7-7 or 8-7, then it can be called a rivalry. But 13-0, 10-1... I don't know what the stats are. But, this is not a rivalry anymore."
As plain spoken as it was, Suryakumar has a point. India versus Pakistan has ceased to be a rivalry i...
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