
Neeraj Chopra (L) and Arshad Nadeem at Paris Olympics 2024© AFP
Former Pakistan cricket group star Basit Ali believes that India and Pakistan ought to play bilateral collection of hockey, javelin or kabaddi if BCCI and PCB fail to agree on a cricket collection. India and Pakistan haven’t performed a bilateral cricket for greater than a decade resulting from political tensions. Because of this, questions stay over whether or not India will likely be travelling to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025. Throughout an interplay on YouTube, Basit mentioned that the entire world is in entrance of the tv when Neeraj and Arshad compete in javelin. He added that in the event that they compete in a javelin collection, will probably be greater than the India-Australia collection.
“Arshad Nadeem beat Neeraj Chopra on the Paris Olympics; in any other case, it was a sure gold medal for India. The Indian cricket group has made it clear that they will not journey to Pakistan, so simply conduct a bilateral collection of hockey, javelin, or kabaddi between India and Pakistan in another nation, and you’ll know whether or not the India-Australia collection is larger or the India-Pakistan match is larger,” Basit mentioned.
“When Neeraj and Arshad compete in javelin, the entire world will likely be in entrance of the tv, and the stadium will likely be full,” the previous Pakistan cricketer added.
Earlier, former India coach Ravi Shastri backed the Rohit Sharma-led facet to comfortably clinch the Take a look at collection in opposition to Australia. Basit mentioned that the feedback made by the Indian and Australian consultants are focused at making a buzz across the collection. He additionally identified that though there’s curiosity in different collection, they can’t compete with the recognition of an India vs Pakistan encounter.
“I believe they’re attempting to create hype. The entire world is aware of that India vs Pakistan is on one facet and all the pieces else is on the opposite facet. Even Ashes is not that massive. So, you’re going to hear such statements now,” he mentioned.
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