Kolkata: While Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and several other former Indian cricketers have called South African spinner Imran Tahir a big threat to the Indian batters when the two teams kick off their 72-day tour with a T20 series in Dharamsala tomorrow, former India skipper Mohammed Azharuddin felt the Proteas leg-spinner should not be treated like Shane Warne.


Mohammed Azharuddin

South Africa is set to play three T20 Internationals, followed by five ODIs and four Tests. Azharuddin, who was the Indian captain in 1991 when South Africa returned to international cricket after their 21-year exile, felt the Indian batsmen should not panic against Tahir.