"Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma should be allowed to decide their future", says Sarfaraz Ahmed

Former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed feels that Team India stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma should be allowed to continue playing and decide their future in the international circuitQuestions started to arise about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharmas future after they fell short of scoring runs in Test cricketPeople should not even talk about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma Their performances have been outstanding for India Sarfaraz Ahmed told reporters here on SundayVirat Kohli has won those matches for India and I have seen it with my own eyes you cant imagine the kind of performances he has produced for IndiaThe same goes for Rohit Sharma The way he is leading the team He led the team outstandingly in the 2023 ODI World Cup and won the T20 World CupSarfaraz Ahmed said Virat and Rohit will draw the curtains on their careers when they think is the right time until then India should make teams around themLet them play and let them decide what they want to do You should make your team around them The way they bid adieu to T20Is they will do it for other formats when they will feel it is time You should not make a team be removing them you should make teams by including them Sarfaraz Ahmed saidSimilarly Ahmed feels Pakistan should also make a team with Babar Azam at its centre The former captain and ace batter though fell for a mere 23 in the big game against IndiaAlso ReadJasprit Bumrah in Dubai for IndiaPakistan clash receives all ICC AwardsBabar Azam is a different player I think they should set up the Pakistan team in a way that Babar Azam can play full 50 overs like Virat Kohli does for India He takes time in the beginning and then runs the game he saidHis Babars goal should be to play the full 50 overs at onedown or whatever number he bats and there should be other batters around him who can take on the game and Babar can take care of the other end he addedAhmed said the Indian players who have not travelled to Pakistan and are playing all their matches in Dubai would receive lots of love and admiration from people in PakistanI will tell you the general view of the Pakistani people they want to see the Indian team in Pakistan he saidThe people of Pakistan love India and their cricketers a lot and they respect them a lot The way international cricket has returned to Pakistan in the last 78 years Steve Smith Kane Williamson Pat Cummins and other top stars of world cricket have played in PakistanThe Pakistani people want the Indian team to come to Pakistan and they will get a lot of love there They should come everything is going very good The whole tournament Champions Trophy is being organised well and everything is being held safely he saidSarfaraz Ahmed said there is no difference between people in the port cities of Karachi and MumbaiI think there is no difference Our only problem is the line our culture is the same If you talk I live in Karachi The style of the people of Karachi and Mumbai is exactly the same he saidWe also speak fast there I also speak fast So its all the same I remember very well in Delhi I went to the old sadar market in 2007 The old sadar was just like the sadar in KarachiI think there is no difference in things People are the same We just want that the Indian team comes to Pakistan so that our people can also see Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah playing in Pakistan he addedWith PTI Inputs