Asia Cup: ‘Cricket spreads love’ India should have come and played in Pakistan, says Intikhab Alam

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I firmly feel that politics should not be involved in cricket. No problem, in my opinion, is too big to be resolved by sitting across the table. It’s not a major issue. It makes me very sorry to say this, yet officials in our countries prefer to foster enmity between the two nations. If our politicians had avoided cricket, life would have been a lot simpler.

Asia Cup: ‘Cricket spreads love’ India should have come and played in Pakistan, says Intikhab Alam

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Cricket, in my opinion, has evolved into a profession. 18 members of your Indian delegation attended a recent chess competition in Lahore. The Pakistani football squad is now headed to India for the SAFF championship. Why can’t cricket be played if other sports can? Put an end to playing cat and mouse. I’m asking our leaders once more not to combine politics and cricket: aap apni politics alag rakhe, cricket ko involve na kare.

This hybrid model, what is it? I don’t comprehend it. Pakistan has been allocated four or five matches in a very peculiar manner, while Sri Lanka will host the remaining games in the series. Nothing about it makes sense. If Pakistan sticks with this hybrid model idea, we will see them play their matches somewhere else during the World Cup once more.

Do you believe cricket would continue without Pakistan and India? Our cricket players are excellent crowd-pleasers, and the ICC profited greatly from an India-Pakistan encounter. If India and Pakistan are not playing each other, no ICC cricket event has any meaning. My only request to our lawmakers is that they let the two teams to play instead of pulling out their swords. The cricketers should meet. Let them exchange knowledge with one another. Allow them to go.

Cricket is my favourite sport, but I’m not very good at it. Ye chand log wo darwaaze bhi band karna chahte hai (Cricket is the only sport that can foster goodwill and camaraderie between two nations while reducing hostility. Unfortunately, not many people on either side of the border want to close the door to the only chance (despite the fact that that is the only way).

I have always believed that frequent matches between Pakistan and India are necessary. Every two years, a bilateral series between India and Pakistan is required. Cricket should be treated as a golden goose by the BCCI and PCB. Imagine the interest that Test cricket would attract if Pakistan and India were to play regularly. The performance will stick in people’s minds. We discuss events like Viru (Virender Sehwag) becoming Sultan of Multan or the Chennai Test where the Pakistan team received a standing ovation from the entire audience.

At the end of the day’s play, a few senior Pakistani players used to visit India’s dressing room for tea; the next day, the Indian squad would come to our dressing room. The young cricketers used to benefit much from those discussions. What else do you require if Zaheer Abbas, Bishan Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, and Imran Khan are sharing their experiences? The cricket rivalries between Bishan Singh Bedi and Zaheer Abbas, Sunil Gavaskar and Javed Miandad, Kapil Dev and Imran Khan, and Sachin Tendulkar and Wasim Akram would never be able to be witnessed by the current generation. Virat Kohli and Mohammed Amir could have had a fantastic match in the previous ten years, and if things stay the same, we’ll miss it again.We won’t be able to watch how Shubman Gill responds to Shaheen Shah Afridi’s inswinging deliveries. For the benefit of our future generation, we must routinely play.

The annoyance has also been widely disseminated thanks in large part to social media, YouTubers, former cricket players, and TV hosts. The harm is severe. Such venom-spewing individuals should not be listened to. Each Tom, Dick, and Harry has developed into a cricket guru. They will make a video in which they blabber rubbish, upload it to social media, and hope for a few likes and comments. I don’t know who will be able to manage the YouTubers because they have grown to be powerful and will do anything for the audience. Since most of them have little knowledge of cricket, their existence is bad for our relationship with the game.

I’ve travelled to India a lot. I coached the Punjab Ranji Trophy squad for two years after having played there as both a player and a captain. Hum ek hi hai (We are one) prevented me from ever feeling as though I was in another country. I have made so many friends for life. The only activity that can mend fences and bring people together is cricket.

I still get along well with Sunil Gavaskar and Bishan Singh Bedi. Our relationship has grown stronger and stronger over the years. Like my extended family, they. To meet with me, Bishan Bedi travelled to Kartarpur. It was such a touching occasion when our families finally met. There shouldn’t, in my opinion, be any limitations. I’m hoping for the day when we won’t require a visa to visit our pals.

I still get along well with Sunil Gavaskar and Bishan Singh Bedi. Our relationship has grown stronger and stronger over the years. Like my extended family, they. To meet with me, Bishan Bedi travelled to Kartarpur. It was such a touching occasion when our families finally met. There shouldn’t, in my opinion, be any limitations. I’m hoping for the day when we won’t require a visa to visit our pals.

I still believe that morning will come because I love cricket. Wo subah kabhi toh aayegi (That dawn shall arrive someday).