Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, who is known for his controversial statements, has grabbed the headlines this time around with his comments on the bilateral ties between India and Pakistan.
According to Razzaq, Team India are not playing bilateral series with Pakistan is because they know they are the inferior team.
"I don't think India can compete with Pakistan. The kind of talent Pakistan has is entirely different and this I don't think is a good thing for cricket that India and Pakistan are not having matches. It used to be an exciting prospect and give players the opportunity to show how much pressure they could handle. So that has gone missing. I feel that had it continued, people would have found out that the kind of talent Pakistan has, India does not," he said while speaking on ARY News.
Razzaq feels that Pakistan have always produced better players than India. He drew parallels between some of the greatest cricketers to have played the game for both countries to justify his point.
"India too has a good team, I'm not saying anything otherwise. Even they have good players. But if you look at it potential wise, we had Imran Khan, they had Kapil Dev. If you are to compare, then Imran Khan was a lot better. Then we had Wasim Akram, they did not have a player of that calibre," Razzaq opined.
"We had Javed Miandad, and they had Gavaskar. There is no comparison. Then we had Inzamam, Yousuf, Younis, Shahid Afridi… they had Dravid, Sehwag. If you look at it overall, Pakistan have always produced good players. All these are big reasons. This is why India don't want to play against us," he further remarked.
India and Pakistan have not played a full-fledged bilateral series since 2007, but the arch-rivals do face each other in the ICC events and Asia Cup. They are due to meet at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 on October 24 in Dubai.
