Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan batter is a great fan of Rishabh Pant and calls him the Indian Afridi. “Rishabh Pant is the Indian Shahid Afridi, in fact he is even better than Afridi when he has a bat in his hand. We also watch IPL with great interest.
“Kohli could have still played for another two years. He should be here with the Test team. Don’t know why he retired,” added Mushtaq. India has become the envy of the cricketing world and is single-handedly driving the game’s growth globally.
On the field too, the depth and talent is unmatched. Mushtaq acknowledged the gulf between India and the Rest. Indian cricket is on top no doubt. Everyone wants to play India for obvious reasons (financial). One thing close to my heart is India playing Pakistan in their respective countries.
“It is the biggest rivalry. They don’t play each other and sadly it has nothing to do with cricket,” lamented Mushtaq who comes from a family with a rich cricketing history as his elder brother Hanif Mohammad was known as the original ‘Little Master’ and two others — Wazir and Sadiq — also played Test cricket.
