Sahibzada Farhan: “I always love to see him (Shehzad) scoring runs, it is a coincidence that whenever he scores, I also [manage to] score there. It is always a competition when people in the same slot as you are also among [the] runs, a professional rivalry is a good thing”
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Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan said he and Ahmed Shehzad have a “professional rivalry” as both of them are scoring plenty of runs right now.
Mohammad Amir: “These kinds of matchups and player rivalries keep players on their toes. I personally like these sorts of challenges because it keeps me focused”
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Mohammad Amir said he enjoys having rivalries with top Pakistan players like captain Babar Azam as it keeps him focused and on his toes.
Sachin Tendulkar: “In Wasim Akram every batter had a wonderful rival – when you play against someone of that calibre, it lifts your game as well, and the experience stays with you forever”
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Iconic India batsman Sachin Tendulkar said legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer was such a high calibre player that he forced him to elevate his own game.
Imad Wasim: “To be honest, there has never been any competition like that between myself and any other bowlers. Unfortunately, this is all the making of the selectors for reasons best known to them”
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Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim said there the national selectors are to blame for creating the fake illusion of a rivalry between him and Mohammad Nawaz.
Sarfaraz Ahmed: “I don’t think there is a tie between us; I think it’s a competition, and it’s good to compete”
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Former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed said he enjoys competing with fellow wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan.
Kamran Akmal: “I don’t think I have any rivalry with both of them. It happened due to misunderstanding”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal said there is no bad blood between him and the India trio of Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma.
Shoaib Akhtar: “One of my favorite rivalries on the ground. Get well soon buddy”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he loved putting his skills to the test against iconic India batsman Sachin Tendulkar as it was one of his favourite rivalries.
Michael Atherton: “They seem as far apart as ever. It’s a great shame because this is the one thing that would give Test cricket a massive boost”
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Former England captain Michael Atherton noted that if India and Pakistan played each other regularly, it would “give Test cricket a massive boost”.
Imran Khan: “Right now, playing cricket in this atmosphere with this sort of a government in power, I would imagine it would be a terrible atmosphere on the cricket ground”
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that India and Pakistan can’t play a bilateral series right now since “I would imagine it would be a terrible atmosphere on the cricket ground”.
Nasser Hussain: “I don’t want to get into the politics of it but India and Pakistan not playing each other is like the Premier League with Manchester City not playing Manchester United, or Everton-Liverpool or Spurs and Arsenal”
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Former England captain Nasser Hussain believes that not having bilateral series between India and Pakistan is like the Premier League not having some of its most highly-anticipated rivalries.
