IND vs PAK: Despite the eternal rivalry, there is a good relationship between the players of India and Pakistan

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Before the match between India and Pakistan, Virat Kohli goes to Pakistan’s fast bowler Haris Rauf, hugs him and then starts laughing after talking among themselves.

Kohli later also met Pakistan vice-captain Shadab Khan and spent a few moments with him. Not only this, Indian fast bowler Mohammad Siraj discussed with Rauf about Pallekele’s pitch.

The video of such a meeting between the players of India and Pakistan has been highly appreciated on social media. This can be a surprising sight for any cricket lover of the 80s and 90s because then the cricketers of these two countries used to shy away from meeting each other in public. It is a different matter that they had a good relationship behind the scenes.

Imran Khan and Wasim Akram used to come to New Delhi or Mumbai on personal invitation. Not only this, good gossip used to go on between them in the hotels of Dubai. But he did not do this in public.

But this generation of players seems to have understood that cricket is just a game or they have become courageous enough to take decisions on their own in such matters. When Kohli was going through a bad phase, Pakistan captain Babar Azam had released a message on X (formerly Twitter) and his support.

Even though there has been a fierce reaction among the fans on social media on the issue of who is the best in Kohli and Babar, but these two players have remained untouched by it. Kohli recently termed the Pakistani captain as the best player across formats at present.

Babar is often asked about the rivalry with Kohli in press conferences. In the Asia Cup too, he was asked such a question on the eve of the match between the two teams.

Babar had said in response to this, ‘When I met him in 2019, he was at his peak. He is still at his peak today. I want to learn something from his game. I learn a lot from him. He always answers my questions in detail.

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