Shoaib Akhtar, former pacer, feels cricketers in India and Pakistan are being denied a chance to experience the historic cross-border sporting rivalry between the two countries due to politics. “It is terribly sad that cricketers from either side of the border are not often getting to experience the Indo-Pak rivalry. Pakistan cricketers are adored in India, I myself have got so much love from India. Refusing to blame any one stakeholder for the long halt in cricketing ties, Akhtar feels it will be status quo until the countries start talking again at the diplomatic level. It is in their interest if the series happens,” Akhtar said.

Source: Hindustan Times January 23, 2018 09:11 UTC