Pakistan demands ICC action after Virat Kohli & Co. wear army caps against Australia

India fell to their first defeat in the ongoing five-match ODI series against Australia on Friday night as they lost the One-Dayer in Ranchi by 32 runs despite Virat Kohli’s brilliant 123. However, one of the highlights of the game was the camouflage caps that Kohli and the rest of the Indian team wore as a tribute to the loss of lives during last month’s Pulwama terror attack.

But Pakistan Information minister, Fawad Chaudhry, has lashed out at the move by the BCCI and has demanded that the International Cricket Council (ICC) take immediate action against the Indian governing body for mixing politics with sports.

"It's just not cricket. By wearing the caps, the Indian team has politicised the Gentleman's Game.

"And if the Indian team does not stop wearing the caps, the Pakistan team 'should (also) wear black bands to remind the World about Indian atrocities in (occupied) Kashmir," Dawn quoted the Information Minister as saying.

Furthermore, senior Pakistan journalist Owais Tohid and Mazhar Abbas echoed the same sentiment as their minister on social media.

"Sad to see war hysteria in Indian cricket team with great players like Virat Kohli and M.S. Dhoni leading it. Heroes shouldn't act like losers," Tohid said in a tweet.

Chaudhry further urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to lodge a formal complaint against India’s action on Friday night while Abbas termed the decision to wear the camouflage caps the "militarisation of Indian cricket".