Tag Archives: Everlasting charm of Pakistan-India cricket rivalry

April 1978, the news was prominently displayed on the sports page, ‘Pakistan stars for Abbas Ali Baig Benefit Match’. Pakistan cricketers in the 1970s were stars, all of them. I lost little time in reaching out to my childhood friend, Ghaus Mohammad, a famous football commentator now. Ghaus and I would spend hours on the field, sometimes just the two …

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