I knew at some point someone will bring veg, meat, beef, hindu, muslim BS. My friend if meat was the criteria of strength then Pakistani wrestlers would not be continuously defeated by veg eating Haryanvis .
It all boils down to culture, India never had a fast bowling culture, people were mesmerized by the Gavaskars and Sachins, everyone wanted to be batsmen, we never truly had a bowling icon, we had decent enough bowlers like Kapil, Sreenath or Zaheer but they never really got proper partners, so instead of striking they had to the job of a workhorse.
But I can tell you my friend that things are changing fast, Pakistani bowling line regressed a lot in present years, Md Shami is a better bowler than Wahab and smarter than Amir. Trundlers like Rahat or Sohail would not even made into Pakistani domestic teams in the 90's, says a lot about the sorry state of Pak bowling department. Yasir is good, but depends too much on accuracy, from what I have seen he does not turn the ball much, outfox batsman with the length and variation, which may come good in dull pitches of UAE, but he will be thrashed around in Aus, Ind and SA.
And about aggression, the current Pakistani players are the tamest and most boring to watch. My pug is more aggressive than Misbah and Younus combined lol. I fell asleep every time I see Sami Aslam and Azhar Ali bat. Both are stroke less wonders. However Azhar seems to have good work ethic and temperament, he always makes the best out of the limited natural ability that he has. Only Babar Azam and Shafiq are worth watching. When you have two 40+ playing in the team and you clearly don't have proper replacements for them, then you know for sure the future is grim. Oh! how I miss the Pakistani team of the 90's, they were a treat to watch
