India’s head coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma.
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India captain Rohit Sharma says he would not thoughts taking part in Tests against Pakistan at a impartial venue as it could be a “great contest” against the “superb bowling line-up” of the arch-rivals.
India and Pakistan haven’t performed bilateral cricket ever because the 2008 Mumbai terror assaults during which over 150 individuals had been killed. The two nations, nevertheless, routinely face off in ICC occasions.
Their most up-to-date conflict occurred throughout final yr’s ODI World Cup in India.
“I totally believe that they are a good team, superb bowling line-up, good contest, if we play overseas. The last Test was played way back in 2007-08,” Rohit stated on ‘Club Prairie Fire’, a Youtube present hosted by former Australian keeper-batter Adam Gilchrist and former England skipper Michael Vaughan.
“Yeah, I would love to (play against Pakistan), it would be a great contest between two sides. We play them in ICC trophies, pure cricket I am looking at, great contest, so why not?” he stated when requested whether or not Indo-Pak Tests are doable at a impartial venue like England or Australia.
Led by Shaheen Shah Afridi, Pakistan’s historically pace-reliant bowling line-up at the moment options thrilling abilities like Naseem Shah, who is simply 21, and Aamer Jamal.
The BCCI has maintained that any resolution on bilateral cricket with Pakistan will hinge on approval from the federal government, which has thus far not permitted cricketing engagement with the arch-foes.
Pakistan, on the opposite hand, has been aggressively pushing for bilateral engagement with India, even taking it up at ICC boards at each accessible alternative.
Last yr, India refused to journey to Pakistan for the Asia Cup, which was finally performed in a hybrid mannequin. All of India’s scheduled video games in Pakistan had been relocated to Sri Lanka.
The subsequent yr’s Champions Trophy will be one other bone of competition between the 2 nations because the event is ready to be held in Pakistan, which has declared that it will not comply with any change of venue to accommodate India.
The ICC, on its half, has said that it will not power any member nation to ignore authorities advisory.
“…ICC Board’s position remains that it doesn’t expect its members to go against any policy/instructions issued by its own government,” an ICC official had said lately.
