Dubai, Sept. 22 -- India captain Suryakumar Yadav, while speaking after India's emphatic Asia Cup Super Fours win over Pakistan, gently sought to steer the conversation away from the well-worn theme of an India-Pakistan "rivalry".
Responding to a question on whether Pakistan had raised their standards compared to last week's heavy defeat, Suryakumar said, "I would like to say one thing on this question. I feel that you should stop asking this question on the rivalry."He went on to explain that a contest becomes a rivalry only when the results are even. "If two teams play 15-20 matches and if it's 7-7 or 8-7, then that is a rivalry. But 13-0, 10-1. I don't know the stats. This is not a rivalry anymore. We played better cricket than them," h...