India faced Pakistan recently in Group A of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Once again, we experienced a similar story in recent times, as India completely dominated Pakistan to seal another great win. Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Amir revealed why India are different from Pakistan. 

With another big defeat against India, hosts and the defending champions Pakistan are out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, even before their last game of the group stage against Pakistan. Pakistan started the tournament with a 60-run defeat against New Zealand in Karachi and suffered a six-wicket defeat against India in Dubai. With another shameful group stage exit from the ICC tournament, Pakistan players are facing wild criticism from the experts, especially from the former Pakistan cricketers.  

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Toh jo daleri aap baat karen ye leader se shuru hoti hai: Mohammad Amir praised skipper Rohit Sharma

Mohammad Amir feels that the captaincy is the major difference point between India and Pakistan. The former Pakistan left-arm pacer strongly praised Indian captain Rohit Sharma's leadership mindset, who took over the captaincy role after Virat Kohli's resignation. Amir praised Sharma's aggressive batting attitude, which has been reflected in the entire team. 

Amir said, "India mein jab ye Virat ne resign kiya toh Indian team lagna shuru kya tha ki nahi thode backfoot pay ja rahe. Leader ka bada role aata hai, 2023 ki World Cup se dekh le jo Sharma ne trend set kiya ki yaar hamne iss brand ki cricket khelni hain, uska pahala example main set karunga. Toh jo daleri aap baat karen ye leader se shuru hoti hai." (When Virat resigned [from captaincy], the Indian team started to feel like they were going a bit on the back foot. The role of a leader is significant; just look at the trend set by [Rohit] Sharma in the 2023 World Cup that we have to play this brand of cricket, I will set the first example of that. So the courage you talk about starts with the leader.)

Leader agar darpok hain na, puri team pay wo effect nazar aayega: Mohammad Amir

Amir further added that a strong mentality captain could comfortably overcome the poor system and poor structure. 

The former Pakistan left-arm pacer added, "System ko peeche chhod de, structure ko peeche chhod de, aapke paas 15 ladke agaya na, mujhe leader bana diya gaya, us leader pe hi depend karta hai ki mujhe 25 crore avam mein se 15 ye ladke diye gaye jo waise team main se ki maine kisko kis tarah use karna hain ye leader ka role hota hai. Leader agar darpok hain na, puri team pay wo effect nazar aayega dekhiye." (Leave the system behind, leave the structure behind, you have 15 boys with you, I have been made the leader, now it depends on that leader how I utilize these 15 boys out of 25 crores of people given to me, that is the role of a leader. If the leader is a coward, the entire team will reflect that effect, you see.)

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From Group A, India and New Zealand have already booked their places for the Semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. It means that Pakistan and Bangladesh have already been eliminated, while all four teams have still one match remaining in the group stage.