"Divided And United By British": Indian And Pakistani Fans Celebrate Cheteshwar Pujara And Mohammad Rizwan's Sussex Debut
While Pujara is one of the finest Test batters of this generation, Rizwan has made a name for himself in white-ball cricket for Pakistan and was adjudged the ICC T20I Player of 2021.
- NDTV Sports Desk
- Updated: April 15, 2022 10:13 AM IST
Indian and Pakistani cricket fans are rarely united and today is one such occasion as two stalwarts from either country, Cheteshwar Pujara and Mohammad Rizwan are all set to make their debut for English county side Sussex. A photograph of the duo standing next to each other in Sussex kits in doing the rounds of social media and fans of both the countries can't keep calm to see the two stars in action together.
While Pujara is one of the finest Test batters of this generation, Rizwan has made a name for himself in white-ball cricket for Pakistan and was adjudged the ICC T20I Player of 2021.
Here are a few comments from fans on both the players making their debut for Sussex
Divided by British
— Tehseen Qasim (@Tehseenqasim) April 14, 2022
Untied by British ????
Quite rare????
— Farah⁷???? (@Farah_JinMin) April 14, 2022
Sport is so great it joins 2 countries that have enmity ❤️
— Umair Nisar (@umair6881) April 14, 2022
Best of luck to both ????????
— prediction king ???? (@Keshav39557383) April 14, 2022
I really hope India Pakistan started bilateral series again. Will be a trilling series. Best of luck to both @cheteshwar1 and @iMRizwanPak
— Mushahid Hussain (@mushahid345) April 14, 2022
What an Amazing Picture this
— Samish Santhosh (@Samishsanthosh1) April 14, 2022
Picture of the Day for me already can't wait to see them in a partnership and running and scoring well
Divided by British, United by British pic.twitter.com/iqRpur689c
— भाई साहब (@Bhai_saheb) April 14, 2022