India all-rounder Vijay Shankar has recalled his Environment Cup debut which arrived in a higher-octane clash against Pakistan in Manchester previous year.

Conversing on Bharat Military podcast throughout ‘Cricket Planet Cup 2019 Rewind’, Shankar also disclosed how the Indian gamers ended up abused by a Pakistan admirer just before their team-stage match versus the arch-rivals on June 16 at the Previous Trafford.

Shankar remembers supporters abusing Indian side on field throughout the Cricket Earth Cup, 2019

“Number of of us players had absent out for espresso one day right before the recreation, when a Pakistan admirer came up to us and he was basically abusing us. So that was my first practical experience of an India-Pakistan sport,” Shankar reported.

“We just experienced to get it. He was abusing us and recording everything, so we could not react. All we could do was sit and look at what he was accomplishing,” he extra.

In the course of the course of the discussion, the 29-12 months-old Indian cricketer also uncovered how forward of the major Pakistan match, shelling out some chill time with wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik helped him cope improved with force.

“It’s pretty tricky for me to sit in a space and do nothing,” Shankar claimed. “I want to go out for a espresso and all and I had Dinesh Karthik with me. So the two of us would go out for coffee. We utilized to have some pleasurable, which is incredibly essential, I truly feel, mainly because the tension is very substantial. So we just have to give some time to ourselves, relieve out and chill.”

The all-rounder experienced a aspiration start off to his Environment Cup profession enjoying for India. Soon after remaining unbeaten on 15 with the bat, Shankar bought the wicket on the very very first ball he bowled, trapping Pakistan opener Imam ul Haq in front of the wickets.

India inevitably received that recreation by 89 runs (DLS system) and continued their unbeaten file from Pakistan in ODI Planet Cups building it 7 wins in seven encounters.