Pakistan Cricket Team: A former Pakistan cricketer feels that the Indian cricket team does not want to come to Pakistan to play cricket because they are afraid of losing. Such a statement has been given by Imran Nazir, a former cricketer of Pakistan. Actually, Pakistan is going to host the Asia Cup to be held in 2023 and the Board of Control for Cricket in India has refused to play cricket in Pakistan. India has refused to play cricket in Pakistan due to security reasons.
Let us tell you that after the Mumbai attacks in 2008, the Indian cricket team has stopped playing cricket by going to Pakistan, while the Pakistan cricket team also cannot come to India and play cricket. Because of this, the bilateral series between these two teams has stopped. The India-Pakistan team now plays cricket only in multinational tournaments. Since then, now for the first time such an opportunity has come when Pakistan is organizing a multinational tournament and India has refused to go to Pakistan and play the Asia Cup.
India is afraid of losing
Cricketers of both countries have given many statements on this issue. Recently, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi had requested the BCCI and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, that India-Pakistan should play cricket in each other’s countries and the left-handed series should start again. Now another former Pakistan cricketer Imran Nazir has given this statement that the security reason is just an excuse, in fact the Indian team is afraid of losing.
Talking on Nadir Ali podcast, Imran Nazir said that there is no issue of security, you see how many teams have come to Pakistan. Leave aside the talk of any one team, even Australia has also toured Pakistan. So the truth is that India does not want Pakistan to come (for the Asia Cup) because they are afraid of losing. Security is just an excuse. Come and play cricket. When you start playing politics, then there is no other way. Imran Nazir has played 8 Tests, 79 ODIs and 25 T20 matches for the Pakistan cricket team. He was also a part of the Pakistan cricket team in the first T20 World Cup in 2007.
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