Cricket captain calls for more Pakistan, India cricket rivalry
Ul-Haq believes fans want to see the rival teams play four years after ties were severed
Lahore: Pakistan’s Test and one-day captain Misbah Ul-Haq on Thursday called for a quick revival of matches against arch-rivals India, saying that fans were keen to see the teams play.
“It is very important that we have a quick revival of Indo-Pak cricket, because fans desperately want to see both countries play,” Ul-Haq told reporters.
India broke off diplomatic and sporting ties with its neighbour after the 2008 attacks on Mumbai which left 166 people dead and were blamed on militants based in Pakistan.
But the visit last month of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to India has raised hopes the nuclear-armed rivals are eager to revive ties in sports, trade and travel.
