- Friday, April 19, 2024
By: Sarwar Alam
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi once famously pleaded for peace between India and Pakistan under the banner “Stop war, start tennis”. However, the childhood friends will be rivals for around eight hours on Sunday (4) when their two nations clash in the one sport which eternally unites and divides their countrymen — cricket. Bopanna, the son of an Indian coffee planter, and Qureshi, whose grandfather was once the All India tennis champion before the 1947 partition, have their eyes trained towards Birmingham when India and Pakistan meet in the Champions Trophy. Qureshi, who will be in England for a tennis…
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