Rohit would ‘love’ to play Test series against Pakistan in neutral venue
Bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan has been put on hold since Misbah-ul-Haq’s team last toured India to play a three-match ODI series way back in 2012-13.
Former Pakistan seamer Wasim Akram believes Pakistan cricket team’s victory over India in the final of Champion Trophy 2017 was just a fluke. Wasim Akram’s statement has come after Rohit Sharma-led Team India thrashed Pakistan by nine wickets in their Super Four clash at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.
India had also thrashed Pakistan at the group stage by eight wickets and 126 balls to spare. India’s win over Pakistan in Group stage was also Men-in-Blue’s biggest win over the Men-in-Green in terms of balls to spare.
Speaking to TV channel Aaj Tak from Dubai, Wasim Akram said, “I played for Pakistan for 20 odd years. I never thought I would live to see this day. The way we got thrashed… one-sided games. We need to play less against the low-ranked sides. I am all promotion of the game… one off it’s fine. But going to Zimbabwe, playing five one-days, three T20s. What is Pakistan team gaining from these tours? Nothing. They go and score runs there, hit double hundreds, but when they play good bowling, good teams, they come under pressure. We need to strengthen our team and play good teams in their home.”
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Akram also said, “These defeats will at least get Pakistan rid of their Champions Trophy nostalgia. There is no relevance of the Champions Trophy win which came one-and-half years ago. India’s main player Virat Kohli didn’t even come and God knows what would have happened had he been around.”
Meanwhile, Sarfraz Ahmed-led Pakistan will next take on Bangladesh cricket team on Sunday.
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