ICC shared a “best friends” Instagram reel of Pakistan captain Babar Azam and his Indian counterpart Rohit Sharma and it is going viral.
The sport’s main body organized Captains’ Day where all the skippers of 16 participating teams interacted with the media. A photoshoot of the two captains occurred on the same day.
They shared an Instagram reel which was a collage of their pictures together. A voiceover: “What? Did we just become best friends? Yup.” heard on it.
Pakistan and India will start their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia beside each other on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. They shared their insights concerning the much-anticipated match.
Babar Azam said Green Shirts try to come up with a good performance every time beside India.
“Whenever you play against India, it is always a high-intensity game. Fans also wait for this match, we enjoy the contest on the field. We try to play good cricket and we look to give our best,” the batter said.
The Indian captain said his effort there is no point speaking about the fixtures beside Pakistan as it will create pressure.
“We understand the game against Pakistan, but there is no point of talking about it every time and creating that pressure within yourselves,” Rohit Sharma said. “Whenever we meet against the Pakistan players, we talk about how they are, how the families are.
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“We just talk about what is going on, how is life and what new car they have bought or they are about to buy.”