Javed Miandad, a former captain of Pakistan, said something controversial about the Indian cricket squad during the Asia Cup. Team India won’t go to Pakistan for the 2023 Asia Cup, according to BCCI Secretary Jay Shah last year. Following that, senior members of the Pakistan Cricket Board stated that such a choice would affect Pakistan’s plan to visit India for the ODI World Cup later in the year. However, Miandad took it a step further.
“Main to pehle bhi kehta tha, nahi aate to bhaad mein jaayein, hamein koi fark nahi padta, hamein hamari cricket mil rahi hai. Ye ICC ka kaam hai, ye cheez agar ICC control nahi kar skti, to fir governing body ka koi kaam nahi hai (I have always been saying, if India doesn’t come, we don’t care. We are getting our cricket. It’s ICC’s job to control such things, else there’s no point of having a governing body),” he said in a video on YouTube. “ICC should have one rule for every country. If such teams don’t come, no matter how strong they are, you should remove them,” Miandad added.
Miandad goes on to say that, in his opinion, India isn’t even willing to travel because they are worried about the public’s severe reactions in the event that they ultimately lose in Pakistan. “Aa ke khelo, khelte kyun nahi hai. Bhagte hain, unki museebat ho jati hai bhagte hai (They should play, why aren’t they playing? They are afraid of consequences),” he asserted. Venkatesh Prasad, a former India bowler, has already responded to the insult with an epic response. The famous pacer tweeted, “But they are refusing to go to hell.”
But they are refusing to go to hell 🙂 https://t.co/gX8gcWzWZE
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) February 6, 2023