Mohammad Rizwan and Cheteshwar Pujara playing together for Sussex (PC: Twitter)
The animosity between India and Pakistan is not unknown to anyone in the cricket fraternity. The political tiffs have brutally affected the gentlemen’s game, as India and Pakistan haven’t played a bilateral series against each other for a decade.
Men in Blue now have a face-off with their neighbours in only ICC events or the Asia Cup. Despite the sour relationship between the countries, the players from both teams have always exhibited sportsman spirit.
It is not new for Pakistani players to praise their Indian contemporaries and vice versa. India’s Test great Cheteshwar Pujara recently won a lot of hearts on social media as he heaped praise on Pakistan’s opening batter Mohammad Rizwan.