
News Update
Tezzbuzz|06-07-2024
Pakistanis are going crazy about this Indian player:
In India, whenever a Bollywood star or a face from the world of cricket comes on the screen or field with his brilliance, his light reaches every corner of the world. If we talk about Bollywood, then it will always start with Dilip Kumar, whose looks and acting were admired from India to Pakistan. Amitabh Bachchan's charm is also spread in every household of Pakistan.
Talking about cricket, Sachin Tendulkar and M.S. Dhoni have also ruled the hearts of Pakistanis. Whenever this happens, it always seems who will be the next one? Who will do the same magic or create the same shine that these great personalities did. But with time that shine always returns and this time the one who is ruling the hearts of Pakistanis is none other than the former captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli.
Whenever there is a comment about India from the neighboring country, everyone's eyes are on it. This time this comment has been made by a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer Rashid Latif, who played Test and One Day International matches for the Pakistan national cricket team from 1992 to 2003. Recently, he has said something about his love for Virat Kohli and as a cricket fan, after which both Pakistani and Indian fans have showered a lot of love on Virat.
“It's not like Virat is the first person to have such a huge fan base in Pakistan. If you go back, Dilip Kumar had a huge fan following in Pakistan. Sunil Gavaskar became a cult in Pakistan. Young batsmen were asked to copy Gavaskar sahab's technique. Then Amitabh Bachchan's 'Angry Young Man' movies used to sell out here. Then came Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Shah Rukh Khan, MS Dhoni and their long hair became a trend.”
“But Virat's popularity in Pakistan is at par with Dilip sahab, Mr Bachchan and Shah Rukh. Like in India, you guys loved our bowlers – Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar became household names. Here in Pakistan, we love Gavaskar sahab, Tendulkar, then Dhoni and now Kohli – they are all icons. Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag also have a good fan following in Pakistan, but all that aside, the craze for Virat in Pakistan is at a different level altogether.”




