- Pakistan attempt to reply on floor: Shaheen Afridi.
- Moeen Ali regrets Mustafizur’s elimination from IPL.
- Pakistan has confronted related therapy in previous: Ali.
Pakistan ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi on Wednesday criticised the shortage of sportsman spirit in India, amid renewed scrutiny of the Indian cricket board over politicisation of the sport.
The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) confronted robust criticism after instructing the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to launch Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman amid rising tensions between the 2 nations.
Chatting with the media in Lahore, Afridi mentioned that there had been an absence of sportsmanly spirit throughout the border, referring to India, which has repeatedly dragged politics into the sport, particularly in video games involving Pakistan.
Nevertheless, he mentioned that the Inexperienced Shirts have at all times tried to reply to such actions with their efficiency on the bottom.
Former West Indies captain Jason Holder has expressed related views on the politicisation of the sport, describing the continuing tensions between India and Pakistan in cricket as “unhappy”.
In a web-based interplay with cricket analyst Grace Hayden, he highlighted the Asia Cup 2025 controversy, saying that India received the event however its gamers didn’t step onto the stage to gather the trophy.
Cricket pundits voiced issues over India’s refusal to shake palms with Pakistani gamers in the course of the Males’s Asia Cup, held final 12 months.
The strain continued by the ultimate, the place India defeated Pakistan however refused to just accept the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi, who serves because the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President.
India repeated related actions within the Girls’s World Cup sport in opposition to Pakistan, skipping the customary handshakes.
Referring to the Asia Cup saga, Holder mentioned that seeing such issues in cricket was saddening.
“I noticed India win the Asia Cup, they usually did not go on stage to just accept the trophy. I feel it is an excessive amount of; this stuff shouldn’t be in our sport,” he added.
Individually, former England all-rounder Moeen Ali criticised the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) for favouring sure boards whereas sidelining others.
“Everybody is aware of who runs the ICC, however nobody says something,” Ali mentioned in an interview, with out naming India straight.
Expressing remorse over Mustafizur Rahman’s elimination from the Indian Premier League (IPL), he mentioned that such issues have been taking place for a very long time.
“Pakistan has additionally confronted related therapy, but it surely will get ignored,” Ali added.
The previous England participant additionally defended Bangladesh’s determination to not journey to India for the T20 World Cup, emphasising that Bangladesh have been to not be blamed for the matter.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has mentioned that it might not ship its staff to India, which is co-hosting the event with Sri Lanka, citing dangers to gamers’ security and well-being.
The cricket board has requested the ICC to maneuver the facet’s sport to a venue exterior India.
