India can't compete with Pakistan; the kind of talent we have is entirely different: Abdul Razzaq

The former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has asserted that India doesn’t get involved with Pakistan for bilateral series because they do not possess the same level of talent. The former all-rounder was asked does India has the kind of pace bowlers or all-rounders like Pakistan, or he feels there is no match?

Responding to the question, he stated that India cant compete with the Men in Green and that is the reason why they don’t play against them. He further added that Pakistan has a unique talent and that the two nations not playing against each other is not a good thing for cricket.

“I don’t think India can compete with Pakistan. The kind of talent Pakistan has is entirely different, and I don’t think is a good thing for cricket that India and Pakistan are not having matches. It used to be an exciting prospect and gave players the opportunity to show how much pressure they could handle. So that has gone missing. I feel that had it continued, people would have found out that the kind of talent Pakistan has, India does not,” said Razzaq on a cricket show on ARY News.

India too has a good team, not saying anything otherwise: Abdul Razzaq

The two nations do not play bilateral series against each other owing to the political tensions between them. India and Pakistan haven’t faced each other in red-ball cricket since the Mumbai terror attack in 2008. The two nations lock horns with each other in only the Asia Cup and the ICC events.

The former Pakistan cricketer also mentioned some of the legendary players both countries have produced. He then asserted that there is no comparison of the players produced by Pakistan to that of India.

“India too has a good team, I’m not saying anything otherwise. Even they have good players. But if you look at it potential-wise, we had Imran Khan, they had Kapil Dev. If you are to compare, then Imran Khan was a lot better. Then we had Wasim Akram, they did not have a player of that caliber.

We had Javed Miandad, and they had Gavaskar. There is no comparison. Then we had Inzamam, Yousuf, Younis, Shahid Afridi… they had Dravid, Sehwag. If you look at it overall, Pakistan has always produced good players. All these are big reasons. This is why India doesn’t want to play against us,” Abdul Razzaq added.