India, March 4 -- Veteran India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik brutally roasted former England captains Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain for a statement they made last year after India won the Champions Trophy in Dubai. Karthik hit back, noting that Pakistan had the same advantage but failed to capitalise on it at the T20 World Cup 2026, where they exited at the Super 8 stage.

Nasser and Atherton had claimed last year that India had an unfair advantage during their victorious run in the Champions Trophy, having played all their matches at one venue after the Indian government barred the BCCI from sending the team to Pakistan for the ICC tournament. With India getting accustomed to the conditions in Dubai, with plans put in place e...