India-Pakistan series will be a tight one, says Dav Whatmore – Cricket News Update
While setting up a week-long camp ahead of the upcoming India tour, Pakistan’s coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 series will be tightly contested. After a span of 5 years, bilateral ties between the rivals fill finally resume on December
25, with a T20I at Bangalore.
“India v Pakistan in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 is not going to be an easy one, particularly with the added interest of the neighbours playing each other [for the first time in a while]. But it's fantastic. I can tell you players from both sides respect each other, we are fellow
professionals,” shared Whatmore, on the first day of the training camp in Lahore.
Since the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup and the World T20.
Excited about the event, the coach said, “It's a privilege to be involved in series like this.”
He went on to insist that India’s struggle against the touring Poms in the ongoing Test series will not affect Pakistan’s preparation. The Men in Blue are currently at the verge of a Test series defeat at home, which can severely dent their morale.
“We should not be complacent at all because of India's recent form against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. The fact is that the English team is playing professional and well at the moment and India have a big challenge to square the series,” said Whatmore.
15 of 22 players from the announced squad attended the initial day of the training camp, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 could not show up.
Pakistan and India have played only 3 T20 games against each other, all part of the World T20 competitions (two games in the 2007 edition and one in 2012). With India coming up victorious in the shortest format, the Men in Green have the edge in ODIs, having
won 69 games compared to India’s 48.
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