Australia's aggression has died down since the ball-tampering incident: Umar Gul

Former Pakistan pacer Umar Gul has claimed that the famous Australian aggression has been missing from their team, especially following the ball-tampering incident which occurred back in 2018 against South Africa.

Gul, while speaking to Cricket Pakistan in an exclusive interview, said that Cricket Australia (CA) took notice of many things and one of them was perhaps their arrogance and overly aggressive nature on the field.

"As a nation, we as Pakistanis are friendly by nature. We do adopt aggression depending on the opposition. If you look at Australia's history, they used to be extremely aggressive and arrogant," he said.

"Their cricketing board enforced a change in attitude following the ball-tampering incident which took place in South Africa. I have noticed that since then, Australia's demeanor on the pitch has changed quite a lot and that isn't always a bad thing," he further added.

The newly-appointed bowling coach of Afghanistan further added that things were very different when he was playing on the international stage.

"Back when I was playing, even Australian spinners used to carry out aggression with the same arrogance as the pacers did and that has changed," Gul remarked.

However, Umar Gul concluded by stating that this Australian tour will open doors for better opportunities for Pakistan moving forward.

"We should thank the Australian cricket team and their entire management for visiting Pakistan after 24 years. Their efforts will open doors to other international teams visiting Pakistan as well and this is all-around good news for Pakistan and the supporters," he concluded.