India, Sept. 16 -- Former India captain and ex-BCCI president Sourav Ganguly delivered a scathing assessment of Pakistan's cricketing decline, bluntly stating that he would rather watch India play Afghanistan than what was once considered the most high-voltage clash in world cricket - India vs Pakistan.

"There is no competition between India and Pakistan anymore," Ganguly said during a public interaction in Kolkata. "I always say, we think of Pakistan as Waqar Younises, Wasim Akrams, the Saeed Anwars and Javed Miandads. But that's not the case with this modern-day Pakistan - it's now like chalk and cheese."

Ganguly's comments came in the wake of India's seven-wicket win over Pakistan in their Asia Cup clash in Dubai, a match that drew c...