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Wasim Akram revealed that Adam Gilchrist and Sanath Jayasuriya were the toughest batters he faced in ODIs, even more so than Sachin Tendulkar. He also expressed his admiration for Malcolm Marshall as the best bowler and hopes to witness a Test series between India and Pakistan in his lifetime.

Farokh Engineer, a close friend of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, criticized the ECB's initial decision to rename the India-England Test series trophy, feeling the subsequent introduction of a winning captain's medal named after the Pataudi family was merely an afterthought.