Pakistani cricket legend Wasim Akram believes that playing against India was the highlight of his career and thinks that a series between the arch-rivals can give a couple of great players.

While talking to India Today, the 51-year-old cricketer said, “Indo-Pak cricket is something different, something unbelievable. One series can get you a couple of players who can go on and play for you for 15 years.”

Akram also talked about the pressure a player feels months before the series and the celebration that take place after winning a match or series.

“The amount of pressure, the celebrations start months before the games or series. I mean I was lucky that I played three series against India…two in India and one in Pakistan; so you know I remember it like it was yesterday, it was the highlight of my career playing against India, either in Pakistan or in India. It was just unbelievable, I can’t explain it in words,” Wasim said.

Wasim Akram also compared Indo-Pak rivalry to Ashes (cricket rivalry between England and Australia) and said it was bigger than that.

“The beauty of Indo-Pak cricket is something you can’t compare with any other cricket (rivalry) in the world. I am all for the Ashes; when they talk about Ashes how many people can watch the Ashes? Five million, 10 million or let’s say 20 million. The World Cup game that India and Pakistan played in Australia at Adelaide — a billion people watched that game,” he said.

Indo-Pak rivalry is one of the most discussed cricket rivalries among the cricket lovers across the globe. But unfortunately, India and Pakistan have not played any bilateral series since 2012-13 due to strained relations.

The then Sports Minister of India, Vijay Goel, had said last year that “cricket and terrorism can’t go hand-in-hand.”

“As far as cricket is concerned, the government is of the view India will not play any bilateral sport with Pakistan if they are promoting terrorism. Everything has a limit. If Pakistan cross that limit, sports and terrorism cannot go side-by-side,” Goel said last year.

Even the likes of Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin Azhar Ali and Mohammad Amir have never played an India-Pakistan Test match.