(From left) Former Pakistan Test players Mansoor Akhtar and Azmat Rana speak to former Indian Test batsman Yashpal Sharma

(From left) Former Pakistan Test players Mansoor Akhtar and Azmat Rana speak to former Indian Test batsman Yashpal Sharma, Indian Veterans v Pakistan Veterans, Delhi, December 21, 2003© AFP

Waheed Mirza (324) and Mansoor Akhtar (224*) pose with Hanif Mohammad after posting a world-record 561 for the first wicket for Karachi Whites against Quetta, February 8, 1977© ESPNcricinfo Ltd