Shashi Tharoor, a member of parliament from India’s major opposition Congress celebration, speaks throughout an interview at his workplace in New Delhi, India, January 25, 2016. — Reuters
As Pakistan and India put together for the Asia Cup 2025 last on Sunday, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has criticised the Indian gamers for refusing to shake arms with their Pakistani counterparts throughout the ongoing event.
“I personally feel that once the decision was made to play, if we feel so strongly about Pakistan, then we should not have played them at all. But if we are going to play, we should play in the spirit of the game and shake hands. We did this even in 1999 during the Kargil War, when soldiers were dying on the frontlines, and yet we shook hands with Pakistan during the World Cup in England,” he stated.
Tharoor additional harassed that cricket has its personal spirit, separate from tensions between nations and their armies.
The difficulty arose throughout the high-profile recreation between the arch-rivals, which drew vital consideration each on and off the sphere.
Tensions had heightened on the toss throughout the group stage match when each groups skipped the normal handshake, reportedly on the match referee’s recommendation.
India received the group-stage match by seven wickets, however skipper Yadav crossed all boundaries of sportsmanship by utilizing his post-match presentation speech to pull politics into cricket.
The PCB, in its grievance, accused the Indian captain of politicising cricket and violating the ICC’s code of conduct on neutrality.
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) formally reprimanded Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav over his political statements after their Asia Cup recreation towards Pakistan on September 14.
