Team India captain Rohit Sharma has spoken in favor of regular Test series vs Pakistan. The last time the two arch-rivals faced off in a Test series was in 2007 in Bengaluru. Team India had won the three-Test series by a 1-0 margin.
On the podcast “Club Prairie Fire with Michael Vaughan, the former England captain asked Rohit: “Don’t you think India playing Pakistan regularly will be fantastic for Test cricket?”
“I totally believe that! They are a good team,” Rohit replied.
“They have got superb bowling line-up. I think it would be a good contest, especially if you play in the overseas condition. That would be awesome.
“Last test match played between India and Pakistan was way back I think in 2006 or 2008 (2007), where Wasim Jaffar got a double hundred in Kolkata,” he added.
Vaughan, later, reiterated whether he would like to see a regular series with Pakistan. To which, Rohit said: “I would love to. At the end of the day, we want to be in contest.”
“I think it will be agreat contest between the two sides. We anyway play them in the ICC tournaments. So, it doesn’t even matter. I am only interested in pure cricket. I am not looking at anything else.
“It’s just pure cricket. A battle between bat and ball. It will be a great contest so why not.”
India and Pakistan will face-off in the T20 World Cup 2024 match in New York on June 9. The two sides have faced off seven times in the marquee event, with Team India emerging victorious on six occasions, including the epic bowl out and the finale in 2007, and most recently, through Virat Kohli’s sensational run in Melbourne 2002.