Imam-ul-Haq: “Steve Smith will come hard against Yasir and Yasir is a very cool customer and he’s very mentally strong as well so it will be a good competition”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq has admitted that he is loving the rivalry that has built up between spinner Yasir Shah and Australia batsman Steve Smith.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “Cricketing ties should resume between India and Pakistan. I feel cricket has the ability to bind the two nations and improve their relationship”
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Legendary Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has called for cricketing ties between India and Pakistan to resume.
Waqar Younis: “It’s simple – if Pakistan want to stay in the tournament, they have to [showcase] an ‘A plus’ performance and win that game”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Waqar Younis has admitted that the national team’s highly-anticipated World Cup clash against India on Sunday will be bigger than their rivalry as it will be a must-win game for them.
Younis Khan: “The whole world craves for India versus Pakistan cricket matches”
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Legendary batsman Younis Khan has called for the return of bilateral series between India and Pakistan as he feels the cricketing community is being robbed of one of the greatest rivalries in the sport.
Wasim Akram: “If you perform well against India as a Pakistani – and vice versa for an Indian against Pakistan – you become a sudden hero in the whole country”
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Legendary left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has noted that India and Pakistan’s cricketers can become heroes at the World Cup if they perform when the two nations clash on June 16.
Wasim Akram: “We talk about the Ashes as the biggest cricket rivalry, but there is no comparison to India-Pakistan”
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Legendary left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has said India and Pakistan’s rivalry is bigger than the Ashes, which is played between England and Australia.
Shahid Afridi believes a five-Test series between India and Pakistan will be bigger than the Ashes
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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi firmly believes that if India and Pakistan were to play a five-Test series, it would overtake the Ashes as the most fierce rivalry in cricket.
Andre Nel: “When I saw him walk out, the first thing I thought was ‘hit him on the head'”
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Former South Africa pace bowler Andre Nel has revealed that he wanted to hit India seamer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth on the head when their teams clashed in 2006.
“It’s not like we are playing them for the first time and there’s no need for any extra motivation”
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India and Pakistan is arguably the pinnacle when it comes to on and off-field rivalry in international cricket, but India skipper Virat Kohli insists that his side will treat the match like any other game when the two nations lock horns at the Champions Trophy on June 4.
“Free State against Northerns – it used to be pretty feisty”
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Proteas opener Dean Elgar and New Zealand left-arm seamer Neil Wagner’s rivalry has been simmering since they were both in school in South Africa. But, they are now looking forward to resurrecting it in the three-Test series that starts on Wednesday.
