After 2010, Indian cricket has been on the rise, while Pakistan's has been on a decline: Rashid Latif

India and Pakistan are considered arch-rivals on the cricket field. The cricket fans are always looking forward to seeing both teams fight on the match field. However, in the past decade, India has gone way ahead of the Pakistan cricket team and is now renowned as the best team across all the formats. 

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif carried a detailed analysis on why cricket in India has risen to the next level in the last ten years while that in Pakistan has declined. Rashid believes that Pakistan hasn’t been able to identify young talent like India.  

He further lauded the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for hosting the Indian Premier League and giving a chance to the young players to exhibit their talent. Rashid was in awe of India’s bench strength. India flaunted their bench strength during the four-match Test series against Australia. 

Playing in Australia, India scripted an amazing victory in the Test series by 2-1 without the services of their main players. Many young players including Washington Sundar, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj, and T Natarajan rose to the occasion to help India retain the Border Gavaskar trophy and script history.

The former players, as well as overseas coaches, have helped Indian players develop: Rashid Latif

“After 2010, Indian cricket has been on the rise, while we have been on a decline. We aren’t able to prepare our coaches scientifically and believe someone’s talent more from their naked eye. IPL has been data-driven in India since 2010 and it has helped them immensely in creating their talent pool. Overseas coaches also helped them a lot,” Rashid Latif said in a video on the YouTube channel ‘My Master Cricket Coach’,

The Pakistan veteran further added that India’s former players are actively involved in the game and that has helped Indian cricket grow by leaps and bounds. Also, the active involvement of the overseas players as the coaches has worked in the favor of the Men in Blue.

“The former players, as well as overseas coaches, have helped Indian players develop. That has been one main difference between India and Pakistan. We have appointed former Pakistan players as coaches and not many PSL franchises allow them with their team. This has been a huge problem,” Latif concluded.