Asia Cup 2023: No Hate Between Me And Rizwan - Sarfaraz Ahmed Dismisses Talk Of A Feud Between Two Wicketkeepers

Published - 31 Jul 2023, 05:08 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:16 AM

Sarfaraz Ahmed and Mohammad Rizwan {PC: Twitter}
Sarfaraz Ahmed and Mohammad Rizwan {PC: Twitter}

Pakistan keeper batter Sarfaraz Ahmed quashed all the rumours related to the tiff between him and Mohammad Rizwan. He said there’s no hate between them and all the members of the team are united.

Since the last few years, there have been quite a few reports in the Pakistan media that have suggested that Sarfaraz Ahmed and Mohammad Rizwan don’t gell well with each other as both have been fighting with each other for the place of keeper in the team.

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The reason behind them not getting up well with each other was to hog the headlines a few years back. It was learned that when Sarfaraz Ahmed was the skipper of the Pakistan team, he didn’t give chances to Mohammad Rizwan and this didn’t go well for him.

After the former was sacked as the captain and the latter got the opportunity he told some of his friends that he won’t let the former skipper make a comeback to the team again.

But Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan cleared up all the rumours, saying that fans have created hate among themselves as there’s nothing between him and Mohammad Rizwan. He also talked about the camaraderie between the entire Pakistan team.

“The current Pakistan team is very well united. All the players share a brotherly bond and there is no hate between us. There is no hate between me and Rizwan. The hate is just from the people on social media. These people have nothing to do in their life, hence they come to social media and start writing unnecessary things.”

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Asia Cup 2023: There is no comparison between him and Virat – Sarfaraz Ahmed on Babar Azam

Sarfaraz Ahmed further talked about the comparison between Indian cricketers Virat Kohli and Babar Azam, replying to which he said that there’s no correlation between them as format Indian skipper has played a lot of cricket. He remarked that when the Pakistan captain will play as many matches then he will be of the same stature.

“Just leave Babar Azam. There is no comparison between him and Virat. Virat is playing cricket for the last 14-15 years. Babar made his debut in 2015. Wait and watch Babar till he plays as much cricket as Virat, he will stand at the same stage. No one plays cover drive and on drive better than Babar. Just let him play and enjoy,” he concluded.

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Asia Cup Asia Cup 2023 Babar Azam Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan National Criket Team Sarfaraz Ahmed Virat Kohli
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