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Inzamam, Miandad hail Indian team’s arrival
LAHORE: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq and coach
Javed Miandad on Wednesday welcomed Indian cricketers on their
arrival in Pakistan for the first time in more than 14 years.
"It’s a great moment in Pakistan cricket and we welcome them
on the tour to Pakistan with open arms," Inzamam said by phone
from Karachi, where his team are warming up ahead of the opening
one-day match on Saturday.
India’s 15-man team flew into the eastern city of Lahore at 1:47
pm where they will play a warm up match today and before flying to
Karachi Friday.
"We are ready for them on the field but off it they will find
us hospitable and accommodating," said Inzamam, 33, who assumed
the captaincy last year. He considered the two sides equally
balanced.
"In the next few days we are going to see exciting and positive
cricket with no quarter spared." Coach Javed Miandad said he
hoped the series would be viewed as a sporting event and nothing
more.
"Our guests have arrived and we welcome them," he said.
"I urge the teams and the fans to take it as a cricket series
and nothing else."
Miandad was on the Pakistani team when India last undertook a full
tour of Pakistan in 1989-90. Pakistan team manager Haroon Rasheed,
who played for Pakistan in the 1970s and 1980s, said players from
both sides shared good relations.
"The Indians have finally arrived and we are very happy that
they are here," he said. "There are going be to some
moments stored in the history of Pakistan and Indian cricket.
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