Pakistan TV Teams Reach India Before Cricketers

The first signs of hype surrounding the India-Pakistan series were visible at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday. Sitting two rows behind the Indian national selectors was a man being greeted by everyone around him. He was a Pakistani but he wasn’t here to spy on the Indian cricketers nor to inspect the stadiums; Hasan Jalil was here to produce a 13-part build-up teleseries for PTV. Back at the Wankhede after nine years — since the 1996 World Cup league match between Australia and …