Moin Khan urges Pakan players to not be too friendly with India on the field: ‘I just don’t get it…’ | Cricket News

With India and Pakan set to face each other in the upcoming Champions Trophy on February 23, former Pakan skipper Moin Ali recently said that Pakan players shouldn’t get too friendly with their Indian counterparts on the field.
“I just don’t get it when I watch Pakan and India matches these days, as Indian players come into the crease our players check their bats, pat them, have a friendly talk,” he said during a podcast hosted actor Ushna Shah.
“Our seniors always told us that when playing against India give no quarter and no need to even talk to them on the field. When you get friendly, they see it as a sign of weakness,” he added.
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He said if the Pakan players show too much respect to the Indian players on the field, it would be perceived as a sign of weakness.
“Nowadays, our players’ behaviour when playing against India is unfathomable to me. Even off the field as professionals you have to have certain boundaries,” he said.
“I think our players don’t understand this but being too friendly is seen as a sign of weakness on the field and you automatically come under pressure in your performances,” he added.
Meanwhile, the suspense over whether India captain Rohit Sharma will travel to Pakan for the opening ceremony and a photo shoot ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy is all but over. The Indian Express understands that because of the logical challenges involved which sees teams arriving in Pakan on different dates, there won’t be any opening ceremony, nor will there be any official photoshoot involving captains from the eight participating teams.
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With India not travelling to Pakan, there were questions as to whether Rohit will travel across the border for a photoshoot that was being planned alongside the opening ceremony. However, it is now understood that no such plans are in place and only a small ceremony is being planned the hosts ahead of their opening match against New Zealand on February 19 in Karachi.
(With agency inputs)
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