Former Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman and captain Moin Khan feels that the current players don't believe in idolizing or comparing themselves with their heroes who have played in previous sides.

“People come and tell us your generation had amazing players. My personal opinion is that we used to idolize great players who came before us,” Khan told Wasim Akram in a YouTube video.

“We tried to reach their standard and set the bar high for ourselves. Nowadays, players tend not to compare their performances against others. Maybe they are just playing for themselves, that could be one of the reasons. Also, there are a lot of cricketers these days due to T20 cricket so consistency is a bit difficult for players these days,” he added.

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After that even Akram talked about the time when he broke into the team and asked Moin about his idols by saying “When I broke into the team, my aim was to take more wickets than Imran Khan. When you come into the team your mindset must be to take more catches and effect more stumpings than your heroes.”

To which the 48-year-old replied that even he felt to do really well when he shared rooms with Inzamam-ul-Haq.

“I used to idolize my heroes what they used to do. How many catches they had, how they used to play. How much hard work I will have to put in to beat their mark. Inzamam-ul-Haq, my roommate, was also the same. He used to say 'he has scored these many runs and now I will have to score more,' Moin said.

(With IANS inputs)