Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq opened up about how his team and the Indian team maintained decent relationship during his captaincy and he also trashed Danish Kaneria’s report of being mistreated because he was Hindu.
He also added how Pakistan players had a warm welcome in India and vice-versa.
“In 2004, India came to Pakistan after 15 years and Pakistanis welcomed them with open arms. Wherever they went to eat, shopping, go in a taxi, nobody took money from them.
“One year later we had a tour of India, I was the captain on both tours. The same reply we got from India, they opened the doors of their houses and invited us to stay as guests. They made food, they didn’t take money for shopping.
“There is so much love between the people of the two countries so I don’t think that any such thing can be possible, that our hearts can be so small. I was the captain of the team at the time and this isn’t correct.
“The claim that we don’t like eating together – Before the 2005 tour of India, I had gone there for a shoot in Kolkata. Ganguly was there from the Indian side and just before that, he opened a restaurant that Sachin and I inaugurated. Sourav would send me food from his restaurant and I used to eat it.
“When we went on tours like in Sharjah, we used to be in the same hotel and I often used to see players of teams sitting in each other’s rooms, joking around and eating together. So from both sides, I never saw any such thing.”
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