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Wasim wants Pakistan to go ahead with India tour
AFP
13 January 1999
KARACHI, Jan 13 (AFP) - Newly appointed Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram
on Wednesday called for the upcoming tour to India to go ahead, saying
there was massive interest in the contest in both countries.
``As far as we know the Pakistan tour is still on,'' Wasim told
reporters, saying the final decision lay with the Pakistan Cricket
Board (PCB).
The ace Pakistani paceman said the tour would provide the team with an
opportunity to build up for the World Cup later this year.
He said he believed sporting links would do a world of good in
establishing better relations between the two countries.
Wasim said field hockey, squash and football players had been visiting
India but the cricket team's tour had more importance because of the
game's greater following in Pakistan and India.
Cricket matches between the two countries have always been tension
packed and exciting, he said, stressing he never felt pressure by
playing in India.
Wasim reiterated his earlier suggestion about playing Test matches on
neutral territory.
``It is possible and matches can be played in Sharjah, Dhaka and
Toronto,'' he said.
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