Wasim Akram told why the 1999 India tour is the most special for him

Lahore Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram described the 1999 tour of India as his favorite tour and said that it was very special to play under pressure and then win in the neighboring country. The Pakistan team, under Akram's captaincy, won by 12 runs in the first Test match played in Chennai in 1999. This was the first time that legendary bowlers like Akram and Waqar Younis faced Sachin Tendulkar after his 1989 debut.

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Akram said, "The victory against India in the last decade of the last century had a lot of meaning. Today, it is a different story and it is the opposite. If you talk about the tour, then I would choose the tour of India. We visited India after 10 years. I was the captain. The first Test was in Chennai. I told my players that if the stadium remains quiet, it means that we are doing good work. So we never got support in India and India never got support in Pakistan.

He said Saqlain Mushtaq bowled brilliantly in this series. He discovered another. We got to hear the thunderous applause from the Chennai audience. This was my favorite tour. This was followed by the second Test in Delhi. Anil Kumble took 10 wickets in an innings of this match. It was a very memorable tour. I always enjoyed the pressure in the India-Pakistan match and took it positively. '

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Let us tell you that India's most successful spinner, Anil Kumble, in the second match of this Test series against Pakistan, did 10 wickets in an innings of the test match at Delhi's Ferozeshah Kotla ground (now Arun Jaitley Stadium). He became the first Test bowler in India to take ten wickets in an innings of a Test match, while in Test cricket, he became the second bowler in the world to do wonders. Before Kumble, Jim Laker did this feat in Test cricket.