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XtraTime Web Desk: Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad on Wednesday recalled a funny incident between India & Pakistan cricket team when both the teams played Holi together at a hotel in Bengaluru. While talking during a youtube chat, Miandad stated that the cricketers didn’t have much to do at their hotel room during their tour of India, so they spent their time putting colours on each other and throwing each other in the pool. “During the Bangalore Test, both the teams were staying in the same hotel. There was not much to do around there. In the evening, we all used to spend time together. It was around Holi season,” Miandad recalled. “People started playing Holi in the hotel. I remember we even entered Imran Khan’s room and everyone was putting colours on each other. We did not even leave Indian cricketers. They, of course, had no problems,” he added. The former right-handed batsman further recalled that he picked up Ravi Shastri from his room and threw him in the swimming pool. “Ravi Shastri was hiding himself. We entered his room, and we picked him up and we threw him in the pool. All of us really enjoyed together,” he said. Miandad further called it as Pakistan’s best tour and said that everyone should participate in each other’s festivals. “It was Pakistan’s best tour. We were invited everywhere. We all celebrated Holi together. Everyone should participate in each other’s festivals. I don’t see no harm in it,” he said. “I was always thrown in the water. We were pushing each other in the pool. We used to have so much fun,” he signed off.