Wahab Riaz Claims These Two Indian Players Will Steal The Show

sathish-kumar — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:49:33 GMT

Wahab on rise

Wahab Riaz has been an exceptional bowler of his time a man with good pace and aura but lack of consistency ditched him from prolonging his international career. Wahab Riaz was part of the winning team in the 2017 Champions Trophy which was played in England, Finals were played between India and Pakistan and Pakistan beat India by 184 runs.

Wahab Riaz was part of the team but had to remain out due to an ankle injury which he faced in group stages playing against India. Later he was ruled out from the Champions Trophy. Wahab Riaz has handled the post of chief selector of Pakistan. Recently Wahab Riaz was asked about the performance of the team in the Champions Trophy and how he sees the ongoing scenarios of the Champions Trophy.

Wahab Riaz On His Champions Trophy Experience

He says the Champions Trophy is a quick and limited tournament and you require momentum in it. At that time we lost our first match against India but after the momentum we got after we didn't stop that spirit we should have, he claimed that it was unfortunate that he got injured in the first game of CT 17 and was able to contribute to the team.

We were supressed by that loss and we all were gutted that we had to get back, The boys played really well after that it was no stopping and finally we got our revenge back by beating India in the final of CT 2017 which was really a good game. Where Fakhar Zaman responded well and gave us that firey start which required and from there we meant we gonna do it and finally it happened.

Pakistan's performance and India's Shining stars in the finals

When asked about Pakistan's performance in this Champions Trophy, he was quacked and said we are far better than them. Let's forget about the selection and that part and finally, you have to get into the ground and perform when you don't show the performance how will people believe you? You fought for everything, you spent a lot and within 4 days you were out of the tournament. How will these things work, Coming to Ind -the Pak match I would say they outplayed us.

Wahab on asking which two players he is looking who gonna shine for India side, where he said Shreyas and varun had played a good cricket but those two aren't my names which I want to say. Mine are Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. I have seen Virat a lot but I want Rohit as a batsman more keen to batting I would love to see that. I also wish to see these batsman batting for India its been days seeing them bat.