The tough get going IT is an optimistic Indian team that would be setting out for Pakistan on March 10. The 38-day trip is going to be demanding and pressure is bound to build up. However, pressure like this can lead to individuals giving their best. This time, the Indian team is stronger than any of our previous teams. This team is even more promising than the one in 1982 when the batting of Sunil Gavaskar and …showed first 75 words of 701 total…

…showed last 75 words of 701 total…the old ball. Will the Pakistanis give a fast-paced and pitch with bounce enough just to suit Shoiab? Probabaly no, as it can affect their own batting line-up when India bowls. On the batting front, the Pakistanis do not have the mercurial Saeed Anwar or the run machines of the past--Javed Maindad and Mudassar Nazar. Their batting is weak, says Azad, and is no patch on ours. cite - tribuneindia brardipasand brar.com pasand.com