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Pakistan legend Miandad reveals he was suffering from ‘Peculiar Virus’ during 1992 World Cup

FeaturePakistan legend Miandad reveals he was suffering from 'Peculiar Virus' during 1992 World Cup
Javed Miandad screen grab

Pakistan cricket Javed Miandad has revealed that during the 1992 cricket World Cup he was sufferings from a disease that doctors termed as some peculiar virus.

He said this on his YouTube channel on the occasion of 18 year completion of Pakistan winning the cricket World Cup. In the backdrop of of current Coronavirus pandemic his revelation becomes more important and interesting.

“When I look back at the video clippings of that final, I still can’t understand how we ended up winning that World Cup. When we were batting, we were losing wickets early, my only aim was to just stand there and not lose my wicket,” Miandad said.

“I was in a lot of discomfort. I was down with a viral infection which affected my running. And if you remember correctly, I couldn’t even play my shots towards the end of the innings,” Miandad said in his Youtube channel.

The former Pakistan batsman added that he had no idea about the virus even after consulting doctors.

https://youtu.be/2cMaIYtIkyg

“I couldn’t understand what exactly my problem was. I was infected with some peculiar virus because of which I used sweat a lot. I even consulted doctors but my condition towards the end of our innings in the final was such that I couldn’t play a shot, I was just standing there. At the other end, I had Imran (Khan). We forged a partnership and batted the full 50 overs to put up a respectable score,” Miandad said.

Miandad, who had scored 8832 runs in 124 Tests and 7381 runs in 233 ODIs for Pakistan, said Imran Khan-led side were pretty lucky to qualify to the knockout stages in 1992 World Cup.

“I batted and let others play in every possible situation in that World Cup for the sake of the team. But at one point we had no idea whether we will play a match next day or board a flight back home. We had got one crucial point because of a washed out game against England and that took us all the way to the knockouts,” said Miandad.

Miandad also gave a lot of credit to then Pakistan captain and currently their Prime Minister Imran Khan.

“The important thing was not to lose hope. Our captain Imran Khan had continuously stated from the beginning that we can win this world cup. I remember, our captain Imran Khan at that time had t-shirt which had an image of a tiger on it. He used to wear that throughout the World Cup even during practice session. He used to say, this is our symbol, we will fight like a tiger.”

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