Can India make it 8-0 against Pakistan as they clash today?
During a recent interaction with popular stand-up comedian and television host Kapil Sharma, Pakistan cricketing legend Wasim Akram narrated a hilarious incident following his team’s harrowing 1996 World Cup quarter-final loss to arch-rivals India in Bengaluru.
“After that game, I received a call from a top PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) official who told me: ‘Aap Lahore waapas mat aayie. Kahi aur chale jaayein’ (Please don’t return to Lahore; go somewhere else). In response, I told him, ‘Mein Pakistan captain hoon. Lahore nahin aaonga to kaha jaaonga’ (I am the Pakistan captain. If I don’t return to Lahore, where else will I go?)” Akram recalled.
The Sultan of Swing, who missed that high-octane game at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium 27 years ago due to an injury, did well to fol...