ISLAMABAD : Pakistan spin legend Saqlain Mushtaq, believes that the rival
of Indo-Pak cricket series will be great as the entire world wants to
see India and Pakistan play for the sheer passion the players show.There are talks that Indo-Pak cricket could be revived with India hosting a series in February-March 2012.“I
personally feel that India and Pakistan should start a series on the
lines of Ashes. But lets wait for the ties to resume first," Mushtaq
said. Talking about Indian team's performance on the England
tour, Mushtaq said, 'It was the failure of the team and you cannot just
blame the spinners. You didn't have runs on the board and, in such
scenario, the spinners can’t gamble".“The conditions were
pacer-friendly and, as one saw, it was the pacers who did the trick for
the hosts. So I don't think it would be right to blame the spinners
alone,Mushtaq said that he thinks India's performance in England
was an overall failure and no specific department should be blamed. "The
injuries made things worse for India as they could not field a
full-strength. I am sure that if India did not have injury problems, the
outcome would have been different.In fact, I am sure that
things will be different when England visits India next month. India
should have all their players fit and the conditions will also favour
them," he said.
