M Amir And Babar Azam Pakistan Weapons Against India?

INDIAN JOURNALISTS NAME MOHAMMAD AMIR, BABAR AZAM AS PAKISTAN'S WEAPON AGAINST INDIA

MANCHESTER:

 A large number of representatives from Indian media have arrived in Manchester to cover the much awaited World Cup game between Pakistan and India and they’ve termed Pakistan’s Mohammad Aamir and Babar Azam the players who can pose threat to India on Sunday.

We Spoke to to various Indian journalists at Old Trafford as they previewed the game on Saturday afternoon following press conference by India’s Virat Kohli and Pakistan’s head coach Mickey Arthur.

Journalist Boria Majumdar termed Mohammad Amir and Babar Azam as important for Pakistan in game against India.

“Babar is like Pakistan’s Virat Kohli, he plays really good and Mohammad Amir has done well against Australia, so these two can pose threat to India on Sunday,” Boria said.

Another Indian journalist Vikrant Gupta agreed with his colleague. Vikrant added that media remains impartial during the game.

“See, we all talk to each other, so we all are impartial about the game. You obviously want Pakistan to win, we want India to win,” he added.

Senior journalist Gautam Bhattacharya, who also covered Pakistan’s win in 1992 World Cup, said that cricket always connect people and when Pakistan won the trophy in 1992, even Indians felt like it is their win.

“When Pakistan won the 1992 semi final, there were celebrations in Calcutta when Imran Khan heard about it, he issued a statement saying that he will be representing Asia, not just Pakistan so Indians should also be praying for Pakistan team. And when Pakistan won, everyone celebrated the win in India as well. In post match press conference, Indian journalists out-numbered Pakistani journalists and when we saw the celebration, we felt like it is our win as well,” Gautam said.

“Hype is at its place but cricket at its place. Sunil Gawaskar has termed Wasim Akram as best ODI bowler and if you ask best batsman, he would name Sunil Gawaskar. Zaheer Abbas is fan of Kohli and Sharma. Cricket is still above politics and it is uniting boundaries,” he added.