Playing down the hype over the potentially high-voltage India-Pakistan World T20 match to be played here on March 19, World Cup winner Gautam Gambhir on Saturday said that the team’s focus should be on winning the title.
“This is all created by media to get TRPs and stuff like that. It’s not ‘the’ match. The bigger thing is that whoever is playing in the World Cup will look to win the trophy. India-Pakistan is just another match,” Gambhir said at an interactive session on Saturday.
“People make it a hype but if you ask any sportsman they don’t see it’s ‘the’ game. The bigger aim is to win the World Cup. I would expect people to support India, that’s very natural. The most important thing that people should enjoy good cricket.”
He said that the job would be tougher for India from a ‘Group of death’ also featuring Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand. “It will be pretty tough for India with the kind of group they’re in. They need really have to get their A team forward if they want to go all the way.”