The coveted trophy, uncalled pressure, and the Mahabharata... Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar talked about all this and more ahead of the India-Pakistan World Cup match. 🇮🇳 🇵🇰 🏏
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00:00And he won the World Cup as well.
00:01This is my wishful thinking.
00:03It's a good thing to dream big.
00:05Dream big.
00:06India has the biggest chance of winning the World Cup.
00:09We're here to settle all the scores once.
00:11Inshallah, you can relax in India.
00:13Don't fight on the team.
00:15No, I'm not fighting.
00:16Look, you're supporting your team.
00:18I'm saying, our boys will win.
00:25This is a very famous saying.
00:26You can laugh at it.
00:28Pakistan team, don't worry.
00:31That's it.
00:36Reason why.
00:37I'm saying, reason why.
00:38Listen to me.
00:39I'll make it categorically easy for you.
00:43Look, there's no stadium in India that's less than 50-60,000 people.
00:48Fully packed.
00:49Jam-packed.
00:51Two, two and a half billion, three billion people will watch this match.
00:54Of course, they will.
00:56Where is this match taking place?
00:57It's taking place in India.
00:58Where is Pakistan playing?
00:59Okay, what will be the problem for you?
01:02Crowd pressure.
01:03Forget about the crowd.
01:05First of all, the media will kill you.
01:08They will build so much pressure that Mahabharata will start here.
01:11In Mahabharata, India will crush Pakistan.
01:16It will be over.
01:17We have won the match.
01:18Now the match is yet to happen.
01:19Let's leave the match.
01:20India must have won the match on TV first.
01:23So, you have put pressure on Pakistan.
01:26Do you understand what I'm saying?
01:27Unwanted, uncalled for, so much pressure comes on you.
01:34You are a human being.
01:35You watch TV.
01:36You watch phones.
01:38You, your parents, siblings, friends, agents, managers, contracts.
01:45Contracts worth 660 crores.
01:46200-300 contracts.
01:48Pressure from companies.
01:49Pressure from the crowd.
01:51This is the pressure that India is going to face.
01:54What pressure is Pakistan going to face?
01:57I think it's a 50-50 game.
02:00In my opinion, Pakistan's bowling is strong.
02:04India's batting is very strong.
02:06So, it's gone back to those eras where India's batting was always solid.
02:11And Pakistan's fast bowling was also very solid.
02:14So, I think the time has gone backwards.
02:19In Ahmedabad, where we will play the final,
02:22when we win and leave,
02:23Bajji and I will be sitting there.
02:25We will meet again.
02:27Thank you very much for India.
02:28Our 2011 game was also a success.
02:31And we won the World Cup.
02:33This is my visual thinking.
02:35I am just annoying you.
02:37But this is what I want in my life.
02:39My entire life, I want this.
02:41It's a good thing to dream.
02:43Dream.
02:44This is not a dream.
02:46This is not a dream of dreamers.
02:49We have visualized it.
02:51We have visualized it and won.
02:54When we go to play in India,
02:56everyone has visualized that we will win the trophy.
02:59But yes, you will always feel that Pakistan will win.
03:04We want India to win.
03:06Bajji, we don't want to leave you.
03:08You relax.
03:10You relax. We don't want to leave you.
03:13Look, when we played, we didn't let you relax.
03:16You know, why is this World Cup so important for us?
03:20Especially, playing in India and winning in India.
03:23You know, I keep saying that...
03:25Don't talk about winning. It's too far.
03:27It's too far.
03:29We can't talk about winning.
03:31Pakistan has played very good cricket in the last two years.
03:37But the pressure of the World Cup in India,
03:40when all the odds are against us,
03:43then winning there...
03:45Look, it's a big deal.
03:47India is playing at their home.
03:49India has the biggest chance of winning the World Cup.
03:52That's what I'm saying.
03:54We had a lot of hope that that day...
03:56Of course.
03:58...there will be a great show.
04:00Of course, of course.
04:02Bajji, you being a true patriotic,
04:04that's what I'm saying.
04:06You're coming to the finals.
04:08I'm not excluding you from the finals.
04:10But you have to exclude yourself from the finals.
04:12Remember this.
04:14You said this in the semi-finals.
04:16You said, I have to go to Bombay.
04:18Give me tickets for the next match.
04:20No, no, I came to watch.
04:22I was watching on TV.
04:24We're here to settle all the scores.
04:26Inshallah, you can relax in India.
04:28Don't fight on TV.
04:30No, no, I'm not fighting.
04:32You're supporting your team.
04:34I'm saying, our boys are strong.
04:36The rest of the competition is strong.
04:38Yes, yes.
04:40No, no, we have Shaheen Shah.
04:42We won't leave him.
04:44Yes, Inshallah, after the World Cup.