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Shoaib Akhtar: When Pakistan played against India, once Shoaib Akhtar and Saqlain Mushtaq used to play with injections. Explosive confession.
Calcutta : The India vs Pakistan rivalry was at its peak during the 1990s and 2000s. World-class bowlers were playing in Pakistan’s jersey – Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, Saqlain Mushtaq’s bowling department put the Indian batsmen in danger time and again.
On the other hand, India’s batting line-up was stronger than any team in the world, including Sachin TendulkarRahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Mohammad Azharuddin and later VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag.
Between India and Pakistan, the matches at that time were never one-sided. However, the Indian team still holds the record of all wins in ODI World Cup against Pakistan. But those days are past now. Later, the Pakistan team repeatedly fell to the Indian team and surrendered helplessly.
Shoaib Akhtar Has gained international fame. He was during Pakistan’s tour of India in 1998-99 Rahul Dravid And Sachin clean bowled Tendulkar in two consecutive balls, at the Eden in Kolkata. Now a video has been released showing Akhtar openly saying how he and Saqlain Mushtaq Used “pills and injections” to ease knee pain and play against India!
Akhtar says, “When Sakline Takes more than 10 wickets—Even in Chennai and Delhi, we used to bet on Sachin’s wickets. He said he would get Sachin out. I would say, ‘No, this is me, this is my turn’, that’s what we did.”
Akhtar also said, “My knee was swollen, because there was fluid accumulation. Saqlain’s knee had been bothering him since 1996. And mine had been bothering him since 1997. We were both secretly using pills and injections, just to play matches. If any seniors knew about it, they would have dropped us. I was their target in any situation.”
Due to political tension, currently India and Pakistan Now only face off in ICC events. It may be noted that in September last year, India defeated Pakistan in all three matches of the Asia Cup, including the final. On February 15 this year, India once again won the match against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup match.
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Shoaib Akhtar: ‘I used to take injections, pills to play against India..’! Horrible confession of Shoaib Akhtar, deadly controversy amid World Cup
