India should not play Pakistan in World Cup after Pulwama attack, feel former BCCI officials

Sanjay Patel, former BCCI secretary had opined that India should not play their arch rivals in the ICC World Cup when the nation is in agony losing its soldiers in the cowardly attack. 

“How can you expect India to play Pakistan at the time we have lost so many of our brothers in these cowardly terrorist attack. I am of the firm view that India should not play Pakistan in the coming World Cup,” Patel told The Indian Express.

He also averred that if the game is still played, it would mean that the game is bigger than the nation’s pride. The former BCCI official also requested COA and BCCI to take a note of the current situation and that Pakistan had crossed all the limits.  

“If we play the World Cup, then it’s clear that game is bigger than the country’s image. For me, India is first and it’s not only me who has such a sentiment. Ask any Indian now, and they will be of the same view. Cricket will only take place if terrorism is stopped. I hope the current COA and BCCI takes note of it. There is always a limit to everything and this time all limits have been crossed,” he further added.

Former IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla was also on the same page as Patel and had asserted that until Pakistan stopped favoring terrorism, sporting ties might be hampered too. 

“I’ve always said that sport is above politics but now it will hamper sporting ties too, not until Pakistan-sponsored terrorism is stopped,” Shukla said.

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