Legendary Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi made his debut way back in 1996 and grew in stature ever since. Earlier this year in May, he played his last international match, representing World XI in their match against Windies at the iconic Lord’s Cricket. He held the record for the fastest ODI century for almost two decades before being broken by Corey Anderson.

Afridi was as also one of the most popular cricketers from the war-stricken nation. Before hanging his boots, he has played quite a few matches against India. Recently, Virender Sehwag, the former Indian cricketer, drew his comparison with the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, the holders of a plethora of records in international cricket even after five years since he hung his boots.

As per the reports in Gulf News, Sehwag said, “Everyone in our team had talked about Afridi before my first series against Pakistan. As a player, he was like our Tendulkar in the Pakistan team and we all discussed him.”

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India and Pakistan currently play tournaments only organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC). However, they haven’t taken part in a bilateral series for six years. The arch-rivals will now lock horns with each other in the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England and Wales.

Sehwag also acknowledged that the supporters want to see a full-fledged series between India and Pakistan. Moreover, he recalled went down the memory lane and talked about a few of his memorable knocks against Pakistan, which also included the triple-century he notched in Multan.

Virender Sehwag elaborated, “Every Indian and Pakistani want to see an India-Pakistan series. We as cricketers to want to watch it. Hopefully, the governments of both countries will talk and resume the series. I have many lovely memories like my triple century in the Multan Test match double century in Lahore Test and my century in Kochi ODI match.”