The Pulwama attack last week has led to some fiery statements from the former cricketers of India and Pakistan. The likes of Harbhajan Singh and Sourav Ganguly have come up with some emotional statements with the latter also suggesting to cut off all sporting ties with Pakistan. There have also been calls for Team India to boycott the World Cup game against Pakistan in England on June 16 later this year.
Moreover, there were reports recently, that CoA has drafted a letter to sent to the International Cricket Council (ICC) requesting a ban on Pakistan from the upcoming World Cup for harboring terrorists. However, the former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad reckons that this move from the BCCI is childish and the ICC will not pay heed to this at all.
As per the quotes in Geo News, Miandad, “ICC will not accept this foolish and childish move by BCCI. There is absolutely no chance of ICC listening to BCCI as its constitution allows members the right to participate in its events.”
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In the aftermath of the Pulwama attack of which the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed took responsibility, DSport stopped broadcasting the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in India. Moreover, the IMG Reliance which was responsible for the worldwide broadcast of the T20 tournament also pulled itself out.
Talking about it further, Miandad said, “We should not bother with India’s cowardly acts instead we must focus on improving ourselves. Pakistan has always offered India a peaceful resolution of the issues but Indians have always responded in negative.”
Meanwhile, Vinod Rai, the CoA chief, has clarified that the BCCI will be sending the letter to the ICC raising their concerns about Pakistan mainly about the security and also added they won’t play a bilateral series with the nation which supports terrorism.
Ganguly said that BCCI should take a strict action regarding cricketing ties with Pakistan. Subsequently, Miandad recons it is a publicity stunt from Sourav. The former Pakistan skipper also added that Ganguly wants to join politics.
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Miandad elaborated, “I think Sourav wants to run for elections in the coming days or wants to become the chief minister as it is just a publicity stunt to gain the attention of his country mates.”
