Indian fans love the Pakistani players, says Azhar Mahmood – Cricket News Update
Former Pakistani all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 in the on-going fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and has expressed that he loves to play in India because people love the game in the country.
Mahmood made his international debut for Pakistan in 1996 and remained an integral part of the Green Shirts for a number of years. At one time, Mahmood was considered amongst the best all-rounders in the game. However, he lost his place in the national team
in the early half of the previous decade because of the emergence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Razzaq-c41623 as Pakistan’s premier all-rounder.
After that, he was in and out of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2007. However, Azhar has been continuously playing county cricket and T20 cricket all around the world.
The all-rounder from Rawalpindi is doing exceedingly well in the current season of IPL and has been quite influential for his team. Azhar revealed that he was under some pressure before his first game of the tournament. However, he got a lot of support from
his fans and now he is able to play his natural game and has made an impact on the tournament with both bat and ball.
Azhar said, “Whenever you go to a new tournament and a new team, you feel a little conscious. But when I got a game, I played naturally. There was no pressure. I knew everyone was behind me. There were a lot of messages from the IPL and from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 as well.
That was a boost.”
The all-rounder visited India for the first time in 1997 during the Independence Cup and since then, he has toured the neighbouring country many times. Azhar feels that the people of India love the game of cricket and they have been equally supportive of
the Pakistani cricketers, despite the political differences between the two countries.
“I remember coming to play cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 for the first time in 1997. The Indians love the game and the cricketers, irrespective of which country they come from,” the all-rounder believes.
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