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Cricket Players'They were crying non-stop. I asked, 'ro kyu rahe ho bhai?': Akram recalls dressing room tension during IND vs PAK match
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram made a big revelation about one of the side's matches against India in the 1990s.
This Sunday (August 28) sees a mouth-watering encounter between arch-rivals India and Pakistan in the men's Asia Cup. Both sides will be meeting for the first time since the clash at the T20 World Cup last year, where Babar Azam's team made easy work of India, beating them by 10 wickets in a group game. The matches between India and Pakistan are confined to global (ICC) and continental (Asia Cup) tournaments over the past few years due to political tensions, which, in turn, precede massive fanfare ahead of the games.
However, both share a rich cricketing history and have been a part of many memorable clashes in the past. Pakistan bowling great Wasim Akram remembered one such clash in 1986, when the men in green secured a dramatic one-wicket victory over India in the final of the Austral-Asia Cup; Pakistan's batting legend Javed Miandad had famously hit Chetan Sharma for a six with the side requiring four runs to win on the last ball.
However, Akram revealed in a conversation with then-India captain Kapil Dev that there were tensions in the Pakistan camp throughout the final few overs of the game, and that two of their young cricketers – Zakir Khan and Mohsin Kamal – even began to cry.
"I remember that I got run out. Tauseef Ahmed got a quick single and then Miandad did that. I was a youngster then, and with me were Zakir Khan and Mohsin Kamal, both youngsters as well. They weren't playing in that game but they were crying non-stop. I asked them, “tum ro kyun rahe ho bhai? (Why are you crying?)” Akram said in a Star Sports' segment, Frenemies.
"They replied, "we have to win this game." I told them if crying could make us win matches, I would have cried with you all! Just hope that Javed bhai connects one," Akram further said.
Earlier in the conversation, Kapil Dev had revealed that the loss had a detrimental impact on India's confidence, and that he still cannot sleep whenever he remembers the defeat in the game.
