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Miandad turns gracious host
LAHORE: Once a formidable opponent,
legendary Pakistani batsman Javed Miandad turned a gracious host as
he feted his former rivals at a dinner.
Former Indian captain Gundappa Viswanath, accompanied by Dilip
Vengsarkar, Syed Kirmani and Kiran More, all former India Test
players who have played against Miandad, found their Pakistani host
to be a simple human being.
Miandad is now the coach of the Pakistan team. "He (Miandad)
has always been close to us," Viswanath said.
What did they talk about over dinner? "Well, we talked about a
lot of things, generally. We of course talked plenty of cricket, but
we also discussed movies."
Viswanath is also close to former Pakistan batsman Wasim Raja, the
elder brother of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive
Rameez.
"We had a lot of things common between us," Viswanath
said. "Whenever we met as International Cricket Council (ICC)
match referees, we would recall the tours we made to each other's
country."
Wasim, who is no longer an ICC referee, is based in England, while
Viswanath lives in Bangalore.
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