While the cricket rivalry between India and Pakistan have produced many folklores, the tales of friendship between the two countries also abound in the sporting landscape of the two countries.
Cricketers from both countries have said how they received love from the other country. One such tale was narrated by Pakistan head coach and former spinner Saqlain Mushtaq regarding ex-India captain and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. "I had my apprehensions about Sourav Ganguly before I first spoke to him.
There are some people with whom you don't feel like talking or interacting. He was India's captain and a legend without doubt.
However, whenever we met, it was always "hello", "hi" and nothing more. I had a feeling that he thinks very highly of himself," he told SportsKeeda. "So I never talked to him." "After my knee operation in 2003-04, Ganguly was there on that tour and Sachin Tendulkar as well.