A day after the legendary Indian cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar dismissed former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar’s idea of the resumption of India-Pakistan bilateral series to raise funds to combat coronavirus pandemic, the Pakistan pacer took to Twitter and responded to Gavaskar’s ”Snowfall in Lahore” comment.
Claiming nothing is impossible, he shared a picture of snowfall in Lahore from last year. Akhtar’s tweet read, “Well Sunny bhai, we did have snowfall in Lahore last year 🙂 So nothing is impossible.”
Well Sunny bhai, we did have a snowfall in Lahore last year 🙂
So nothing is impossible. pic.twitter.com/CwbEGBc45N— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) April 14, 2020
Earlier, Gavaskar said he feels that there more chances of rainfall in Lahore than a bilateral cricket series between India and Pakistan. During a video interview with Ramiz Raja, Shoaib Akhtar said, “There are more chances of snowfall in Lahore than bilateral series between India and Pakistan. Both teams will keep on meeting in World Cups and ICC tournaments, but a series between them seem unlikely right now.”
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The two countries have not faced each other in a bilateral cricket series since 2012-13 even though India and Pakistan continue to meet in ICC events. Apart from Gavaskar, former India cricketers Kapil Dev, Madan Lal, and former IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla have already opposed the resumption of India-Pakistan clashes.
In India, the number of coronavirus positive cases has gone past the 11000-mark and is on the rise. Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus positive patients in India went past 10800 with more than 400 people losing their lives on Monday, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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The entire world is slowly moving towards a lockdown due to the scare of the ever-escalating situation concerning the World Health Organisation-recognized pandemic that is the Coronavirus. Everything- schools, colleges, airports, railway stations, gyms, sporting events, movies, offices- have been put under lockdown as the world continues to self-isolate in order to control the pandemic.
