'There are millions of fans of Virat and Rohit in Pakistan.' We wanted to see her playing here. The Indian team will not get as much love as it gets here. Cricket should be kept free from politics. We want to play cricket with India as we play with other countries. Salman Haider, who was found at the famous Liberty Chowk in Lahore, is disappointed. The ICC tournament is being held in Pakistan after 29 years. He hoped that Team India would also play the match, but that didn't happen. India will play all its matches in Dubai. February 23 has a match with Pakistan. Like Salman, there is anger on the face of Mansur Bukhari. Business journalist Mansoor says, “Virat Kohli has many fans in Pakistan. Without playing here, Kohli's career will be incomplete. Bhaskar has reached Pakistan for the coverage of the Champions Trophy. Bhaskar's journalist Bikram Pratap Singh is in Lahore. They will deliver updates and special stories related to the Champions Trophy for the next 20 days. When Bikram Pratap Singh arrived in Lahore, read this report … I discussed the Champions Trophy everywhere in Lahore and I reached Lahore through the Atari-Wagah Border. As soon as you arrive here, you start to feel that a big cricket tournament is happening. People are talking about cricket on the roads. These talks are angry for two reasons. First, his team lost to New Zealand in the opening match. If Pakistan loses the second match, it will be almost out of the semifinal race. Another fury was that India did not send the team to Pakistan for the tournament. India's matches will be held in Dubai. If the team reaches the final, the match will also be held in Dubai. I talked to people to find out what Pakistanis are saying about the Indian team. 'Communities do not progress to the enemy, India wanted to send a team' Miya Abuzar Shad is the president of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce. I asked him a question about not coming to Team India Pakistan. Due to the bitterness in relationships, the business between the two countries is not only cricket. Mia Abuzar Shad replied with poetry. He said – Fasle Asse Bhi Hong, Yeh I would not be so sogged. Pass hawker mere, woh mera don't. Naturally, they were talking about the distance between India and Pakistan neighbors. Mia Saheb is unhappy with this distance. This sadness appears in their voice and words. He says, “The pigeon flying from Amritsar goes from Lahore to eat grain.” Similarly, Lahore's pigeon returns to eating Amritsar grain. Hindu and Muslim stayed together for 700 years. Where does the split not happen? Even today the signs of our elders are there, the signs of your elders are here. We cannot change our neighbors. There may be hostility. The thing is that hostility should not be increased. It illustrates the problems caused by bad relationships. It says that 'tomatoes grown in Amritsar go to Mumbai first.' From there he goes to Dubai. Then come to Karachi and then Lahore. Tomatoes grown 40 km away, cut a distance of 4,000 km to reach us. Advocating good relationships, Mia Abuzar Shad says, “We must stay together. The world has seen a lot of hatred. Decisions on wars are also taken on the table. India has such a large economy. Fighting with a small economy is not suitable for him. Communities do not progress by making each other an enemy. 'These battles should not go to our generations.' This must end. We should have a loving relationship with each other. India did not prove its greatness by not sending a team. 'If anyone thinks that if a team does not come, something goes wrong for us, it is not.' I urge India and Modi to enhance love relations. Increase friendship. Your team should come to Lahore. Our team should play in India, so that we do not give this gift to new generations. 'Pakistanis are also a fan of Indian cricketers, if the team had come, it would have been good' then I reached the famous Liberty Chowk in Lahore. The same question was asked to those who were buying here. Was Team India wanting to come to Pakistan? I got the answer- had to come. Mohammad Ali, who works in Nizam Bank, says, 'The situation in Pakistan has improved. Each team is getting good security. We were assuming that the Indian team would come. If the team had come, we would like to be very. We are fans of Indian cricketers. There is a strong competition between the two teams. When Pakistan and India play, the roads are jammed. 'Pakistanis are open -hearted people.' The Indian team has no problem. Pakistan and India are the same. The borders are for demarcation. Our language and culture are the same. If the Indian team had come to Pakistan, they would know how much the people here loved them. “Virat has not played a single match in Pakistan, should not retire without it” we asked Lahore journalist Mansur Bukhari, are you disappointed not to come to the Indian team? He says directly, 'Every house in Pakistan has disappointment.' People are sad that the Indian team did not come. He wanted to come. People want to see your players. At the moment, he is disappointed. 'I want to say another thing, Virat Kohli has many fans in Pakistan. Kohli has not played a single international match in Pakistan. Without playing in Pakistan, his career would be incomplete. He has scored a lot of runs in many countries of the world, but he has no name on Pakistan's soil. He should not retire without playing in Pakistan. I went to Anarkali Market about 200 years old from Liberty Chowk. Here tried to talk to many women. She didn't want to be in front of the camera. However, his complaint was that India did not do well by sending a team. 'Team India is strong on paper, but Mahir is the defending champion of the Pakistan Champions Trophy. He won the title by beating India in the final of the tournament in 2017. This time, however, it began with defeat. If India defeats Pakistan, it will be very difficult for it to reach the semifinals. My people had another question- who could win the match on February 23? “On paper, India's team is very good,” says Zahid Abid, secretary of the Lahore Press Club. Nevertheless, the Pakistani team always has the talent to surprise. So if Pakistan wins, it will not be surprising. Meanwhile, the bag says, 'Win and defeat are part of the match. Whenever there is a match between India and Pakistan, there is a lot of tension on both sides. It is certain that India wins or Pakistan, viewers will get a good match. 17 years ago, Team India went to Pakistan to play the Asia Cup. Team India last went to Pakistan to play the Asia Cup in 2008. In the tournament, the two teams clashed twice against each other. India easily beat Pakistan in a match held on June 26. Pakistan batted first and gave a target of 300 runs. Captain Shoaib Malik scored the highest 125 runs. India scored the required runs for the win in 42 overs. Opener Virender Sehwag scored 119 runs. India won the match by 6 wickets. After this, India and Pakistan clashed against each other in the Super-4 rounds on July 2. This time Team India lost badly. Batting first, the Indian team scored 308 for 7 in 50 overs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 76 and Rohit Sharma scored 58. In reply, Pakistan lost two wickets and scored 309 runs. Unis Khan scored 123 runs. Team India played its last match in Pakistan against Sri Lanka. The match was the final of the Asia Cup. The team lost to Sri Lanka in the final. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 273 runs in 49.5 overs. In reply, Team India were all out for 173 in 39.3 overs. Only Rohit Sharma played in Pakistan in the current team, the current captain Rohit Sharma was also included in the Asia Cup team in 2008. No other player other than him has experience playing in Pakistan. Virat Kohli made one -day debut after this tournament. Relationships deteriorated after the Mumbai attacks, most of the matches played in neutral places have never visited Pakistan after 2008. After the terrorist attack in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, the Government of India refused to play cricket in Pakistan. However, the Pakistani team came to India for a 3-match ODI and 2-match T20 series in 2012-13. Since then, both teams face each other only in neutral places in the ICC tournament. The Pakistani team came to India for the last time to play the World Cup. Pakistan's team came to India to play the ODI World Cup in 2023. In this match played in Ahmedabad, India beat Pakistan by 7 wickets. The Team India had the 8th consecutive victory against Pakistan in the ODI World Cup. The Pakistani team was all out for just 191 in 42.5 overs. Babar Azam scored the highest 50 runs and Mohammad Rizwan scored 49. India lost 192 for 3 in 30.3 overs. Rohit Sharma scored 86 off 63 balls. Apart from Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer played 53 off 62 balls.
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