Shoaib Akhtar Advises Pakistan Team on How to Beat India in Final

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Shoaib Akhtar Advises Pakistan Team on How to Beat India in Final: India and Pakistan will face each other in the Asia Cup final for the first time. The two teams have previously clashed twice in the current tournament, with India defeating its arch-rival on both occasions. There's no doubt that India will enter the title clash as a strong contender, but legendary Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has advised his team on how to strategize against India.

Change your mindset: Shoaib Akhtar

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Akhtar said during an event, "Get out of this mindset. Put aside their dominance. Just break their dominance. Just play with the same mindset you showed in the match against Bangladesh. You need a similar mindset. You don't need to bowl 20 overs, you just need to take wickets."

Pakistan should focus on Abhishek Sharma

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Akhtar wants Pakistan to focus on Abhishek Sharma, who has been in great form in the tournament. Akhtar believes that if Abhishek gets out early, Pakistan can dominate the final match. He said, "Remember what I said, if Abhishek Sharma gets out in the first two overs, the team will be in trouble. With the start they are getting, if Abhishek gets out early, they will struggle. It's not that Abhishek won't mistime the ball. He will. You just have to try your best." If you play hard, India will realize that we will have to work hard to score runs.

Akhtar said, "I know Gautam Gambhir. He tells his team that they have to play their best against Pakistan. Pakistan will play their worst cricket, they will field the worst team, but once they reach the final, they will play their best cricket and win the final. This has happened to us many times."

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Pakistan reached the final after defeating Bangladesh.

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Pakistan qualified for the final by defeating Bangladesh in the Super Four stage. Pakistan's batting performance was poor, but the team managed to reach the final thanks to its bowling. Akhtar is fully aware of the Indian team's dominance, so he has urged the Pakistani players to change their mindset and end India's dominance.

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