Rohit Sharma on playing a Test series against Pakistan: ‘It will be a great contest’

Team India captain Rohit Sharma bats for a regular India versus Pakistan series and says it would be great contest and will be “fantastic” for Test cricket.

On the podcast “Club Prairie Fire,” former England captain Michael Vaughan asked Rohit: “Don’t you think India playing Pakistan regularly will be fantastic for Test cricket?”

Rohit replied: “I totally believe that! They are a good team.”

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“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.

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“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.

Last time India and Pakistan played a Test match was way back in 2007 in Bengaluru. India had won the three-match series 1-0.

Vaughan asked Rohit: “Would he like to see a regular series with Pakistan?”

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The Indian captain 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 vs Pakistan in T20 World Cup

The highly-anticipated match between India and Pakistan will take place in New York on June 9 at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

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In the seven encounters, India have emerged victorious six times, which includes victories in the epic bowl-out and the finale in 2007 and most recently, via Virat Kohli’s sensational heist in Melbourne in 2022.