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India And Pakistan To Play Test Series? Rohit Sharma's Big Remark

Indian captain Rohit Shrma made a big remark on the possibility of India and Pakistan playing each other in a Test series on a netural ground. The two arch-rivals last played a Test match against each other in 2007. The last bilateral series between India and Pakistan was in 2012/13.

TN Sports Desk

Updated Apr 18, 2024, 21:00 IST

Rohit Sharma opened up on playing Test cricket with Pakistan

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Rohit Sharma opened up on the possibility of India-Pakistan playing a Test series
India last played a Test match against Pakistan in 2007
India will face Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2024 on June 9

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma opened up on the prospect of arch-rivals India and Pakistan resuming bilateral cricket with each other and playing a Test series on overseas soil with each other. Rohit's big remark has opened up on chats of cricket ties resuming between the neighboring nations.

Since the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008, political relations between India and Pakistan have detoriated with the effect felt on the cricket field, with no bilateral series taking place between the two nations apart from a short three ODIs and two T20I series on Indian soil in 2012–13.

The last Test match between India and Pakistan took place in December 2007, when the two teams played a two-match series in India. India have not played any cricket on Pakistani soil since the 2008 Asia Cup, with the last bilateral series in 2006, which was also the last time they played a Test match against each other in Pakistan.

Indian captain Rohit stated his desire to play Test cricket against Pakistan after being asked about playing a Test series against Pakistan in a neutral venue. Rohit revealed that it will make for a great contest and lavised praise on the bowlig attack of the Babar Azam-starrer team.

"I totally believe that! They are a good team." "Last test match played between India and Pakistan was way back I think in 2006 or 2008 (2007), where Wasim Jaffar got a double hundred in Kolkata," said Rohit on the Club Prairie Fire podcast.

"I would love to. At the end of the day, we want to be in the contest. I think it will be a great contest between the two sides. We anyway play them in the ICC tournaments. So, it doesn't even matter. It's pure cricket that I am looking at. I am not interested in anything else. It's just pure cricket. A battle between bat and ball. It will be a great contest so why not," Rohit added.

In the last decade, India and Pakistan have only faced each other in white-ball cricket, with contests limited to matches in ICC events or the Asia Cup. The tensions between the two nations mean they are not scheduled to play each other in any of the three World Test Championship (WTC) cycles yet. While they can play each other in the final, Pakistan is yet to qualify for the summit clash.

India and Pakistan will next face each other in the 2024 T20 World Cup on June 9 in New York.

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