India cricket manager Lalchand Rajput, busy with the India camp in Kolkata, said that some missing stars would not take away from the intensity of the Indo-Pak rivalry.“Mohammed Asif is not playing, but that doesn’t mean his absence is taking away the pressure from us.“ In fact, the absence of names like (Rahul) Dravid and Inzamam (ul Haq) will have no impact in the end. It’s the players out there during a series who matter. And the high-pressure factor will always be there.”On his counterpart Geoff Lawson describing the Indo-Pak series as bigger than the Ashes “I agree with Lawson. When it’s India versus Pakistan, it’s bigger than the Ashes.”
