A pity India and Pakistan do not meet often, says former cricketerAamer Sohail
The Hindu
Contests between the two always brings anticipation all around the world: Sohail
Sparks fly invariably when India meets Pakistan across 22 yards. But it is only in the ICC events the two teams come face to face nowadays.
That is a pity, according to Aamer Sohail, the former Pakistan captain who himself has featured in some of the memorable contests between the two teams. “The ICC keeps on emphasising that politics should not be involved as far as cricket is concerned and I agree with that,” he told The Hindu. “A contest between India and Pakistan always brings that anticipation all around the world. Cricket fans are deprived of that.”
The Pakistan fans were, of course, delighted that their team finally registered a victory against India, at the recent T20 World Cup. “It took a long time coming, didn’t it?” said Sohail, who is here as a television commentator for Legends League Cricket. “The people back home in Pakistan were very happy.”