India comfortably defeated Pakistan with a seven-wicket victory in Dubai in the course of the Asia Cup conflict, however their captain’s victory speech lacked ‘sportsman spirit’ as he selected to politicise cricket.
On the finish of the sport, Suryakumar Yadav stated: “…we stand with the victims of the households of the Pahalgam terror assault, and we specific our solidarity, and we need to dedicate in the present day’s win to the armed pressure.”
In April, a terrorist assault befell in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, and India blamed Pakistan for the assault — allegations that Islamabad denies. Following that, India launched an assault on Pakistan, which was met with a befitting response.
The Pakistani armed forces not solely shot down Indian drones that got here into Pakistani territory, destroyed their verify posts on the border, but additionally shot down their six fighter jets, together with the French-made Rafale.
Pakistanis additionally discovered humorous methods to remind India of the battle, with one social media consumer saying that “our nationwide sport is to down Indian jets”.
There was additionally rigidity in the course of the match between the groups because the captains didn’t shake fingers on the toss, nor did the groups meet post-match, defying decades-long cricket traditions.
However what struck a chord with social media customers was skipper Yadav’s political speech.
In response, a consumer stated: “India gained the cricket however misplaced on the rostrum. What a pathetic victory speech by@surya_14kumar #noclass.”
“Suryakumar yadav bringing Politics within the between cricket and devoted win to Phalagam assault and Indian Armed forces,” a consumer stated, including: “Surya Kumar Yadav devoted the win to six – 0 Rating?”
One other witty consumer added: “Suryakumar Yadav stated, ‘We stand with the victims of the households of Pahalgam by placing Pakistan in the identical group as India and scheduling the match on Sunday for greater viewership’.”
A consumer questioned whether or not Yadav’s speech was allowed underneath the ICC guidelines.
One other expressed dismay and stated that the closing ceremony was a “complete chaos”.
A consumer additionally shared a video displaying how the Indian group as an entire confirmed no sportsmanship.
