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'Inzi's fighting spirit key to beating India'
Skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq will have to lead from the front and inculcate a fighting spirit among his boys in India, cricket legend Imran Khan said.
Pakistan's cricket captain Inzamam-ul-Haq will have to lead from the front and inculcate a fighting spirit among his boys when they take on India in the Test and one-day series that begins in India from March 8, said former captain Imran Khan.
The series between the two sides will be the first on Indian soil after six years. The two teams last met in India in 1999, when Pakistan beat the hosts 2-1. Thereafter, India toured Pakistan last year for the first time in 15 years, and beat the hosts 2-1 in the Test series and 3-2 in the one-day series.
Speaking to reporters after opening former cricketer Wasim Akram's Reebok store at MM Alam Road on Wednesday, Imran was quoted by the Daily Times as saying that "nobody expects the Pakistan team to beat India in every game. But at the same time we don't want them to capitulate either. When they don't put up a fight then it causes more agony and pain."
"Pakistan can give positive results in India as our cricketers have the potential to upset their archrivals," he said, adding that the fast bowlers would hold the key to the ultimate result.
Imran said India's bowling didn't have the same fire as Australia but conceded that the former had an experienced and dependable batting line up.
"India beat us in Pakistan a few months ago while we beat them when we toured India. So Pakistan's record in India is not that bad. I hope the Pakistan cricket team will perform well in India after playing Australia in the recently concluded Test and one-day series. I think the players will go to India with much more conviction and self-assurance," Imran said.
The team is scheduled to arrive in India on February 28 and will play three Tests and six one-day internationals.
