'India Stole Pak Strategies' Claims Ramiz Raja

Raja has adopted a new plan to boost the morale of his players ahead of the tournament in the UAE.

During an interaction with ARY Sports, the PCB chief said: "Of late, India has adopted all good strategies of Pakistan team. And this was bound to happen as India's head coach Ravi Shastri was always impressed with Pakistan. Ours was a very hard-working and dedicated lot, we used to take players who were less talented to 100%, and we refused to give up."

"They have changed their model on similar lines, worked a lot on the skill, the level of their first-class cricket has significantly improved, which has connected all the dots for them. We have to work on a lot of things in the next 3-4 years to reach there," Raja added.

He did accept that there is no match between Indian and Pakistani teams because we are far superior in terms of both quality and quantity and it would take them 3-4 years to reach our level.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief executive officer (CEO) Johnny Grave said on Wednesday that he will be speaking with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) later this week about security when West Indies will tour Pakistan in December. Grave's words come after New Zealand abandoned their white-ball tour of Pakistan just before the start of first ODI in Rawalpindi last Friday. On Monday, England decided to withdraw from men's and women's white-ball tours to the country in October due to security and bio-bubble reasons. "I had a call with Wasim Khan, the Pakistan CEO, (on Tuesday) morning, to find out everything that had happened during the past week, on the back of New Zealand abandoning their tour and England's decision not to go there, and to suggest that we have another call later this week with our operational teams to discuss our women's and men's tours that are scheduled for later this year," Grave was quoted as saying by Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.

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