But in Pak, all eyes on Sri Lanka

The cricket craze does permeate into Pakistan8217;s tennis fibre. Their Davis Cup squad, camping here, has a hangover from seamer Mohammad Asif8217;s success as the Sri Lankans were done with. 8216;8216;The general public is excited right now 8211; excited about the Sri Lanka Test,8217;8217; Mahboob Khan, a prominent coach from Islamabad says wryly, adding, 8216;8216;The tennis fraternity though is full of anticipation.

8216;8216;This nation does not care much about tennis and Davis Cup. Only players, coaches and tennis lovers are aware that Pakistan are playing against India after some 30 years,8217;8217; he says.

Indifference towards non-cricket sports, it seems, binds both nations.

Meanwhile, the CCI doesn8217;t expect a full-house when the first set of singles are played, but neither did Pakistanis queue up early at Lahore Gymkhana when their top player Aisam ul Haq Qureshi notched Pakistan8217;s most sensational victory in tennis against Paradorn Srichaphan a year ago.