While anticipation is built for the final of the 2025 Asian Cup between Pakistan and India on Sunday, the deputy for the Shashi Tharoor congress criticized the Indian players for refusing to shake hands with the Pakistani team during the current tournament.
In Notes to Indian News Out YearsTharoor stressed that sports should be separated from political or military tensions, noting that once the teams are committed to playing, they must respect the spirit of the game.
“I personally think 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 will play, we should play in the spirit of the game and shake hands. We did it even in 1999 during the Kargil War, when the soldiers died on the fronts, and yet we hug Commitment, “The Indian leader said.
Tharoor also stressed that cricket has its own mind, separated from tensions between nations and their armies.
The problem arose during the high -level game between the rivals of the arc, which drew significant attention on and off the field.
The tensions were strengthened during the draw during the group phase match when the two teams jumped the traditional handshake, apparently to the advice of the referee of the match.
India has won the group match by seven counters, but the Yadav skipper has crossed all the limits of the sporting spirit using its post-match presentation speech to cause politics in cricket.
The PCB, in his complaint, accused the Indian captain of politicizing cricket and violating the CPI code of conduct over neutrality.
However, the ICC has officially reprimanded the Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav on his political statements after their Asian Cup match against Pakistan on September 14, according to sources.
