"India Won't Come To Pakistan As They Are Afraid Of Losing": Ex-Pak Batter

24.03.2023 - 07:53 sports.ndtv.com

The doubts over India's games in the upcoming Asia Cup continue to dominate headlines as reports suggest that Rohit Sharma and Co will not travel to Pakistan and instead, will play their matches at a neutral venue.

ANI reported that the venue is mostly likely to be either England, Oman, Sri Lanka or UAE. While nothing concrete has been announced till now, former Pakistan cricketer Imran Nazir came up with an explosive statement.

During a recent interaction, Nazir said that the security in Pakistan is completely fine, and India are not travelling to Pakistan because they are afraid of losing. "There is no security reason.

Just look how many teams have been to Pakistan. Forget A teams, even Australia visited. These are all just cover ups. The truth is that India won't come to Pakistan [for Asia Cup] because they are afraid of losing.

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