Honestly, why are we even discussing this? Any sane person with a grip on reality wouldn’t waste a nanosecond entertaining such nonsense.
Modi doesn’t want to send cricketers to Pakistan, not because of some strategic genius plan, but because he's playing to his local fan club, a.k.a. the Muslim hating Hindutva Cult. This crowd needs their leader to look like he's "reclaiming India from Muslim invaders" (yes, I know how absurd that sounds). And what better way to flex that tough guy image than by not playing cricket in Pakistan? Genius move! It's the political equivalent of putting on sunglasses and pretending you're cool. Oh, and get this, it's selective, Other sports? Yeah, they can hop on over to Pakistan no problem. But cricket? Absolutely not. That’s where the line is drawn.
And let's not forget the cult members who see the hypocrisy but are so brainwashed they won’t dare question the grand overlord. Instead, they invent creative excuses, and boy, do they get creative. The mental gymnastics are Olympic level.
It’s like Modi’s standing at the border, cricket bat in hand, single handedly defending India from the horror of Pakistani bowlers. The cult cheers, they applaud, and they'll buy this act faster than you can say “propaganda.” But please don’t expect the rest of the world to fall for this charade.
And then we’ve got the folks here who seem to think that if India plays a single match in Pakistan, poof, all of Pakistan’s debt will magically vanish overnight, like some kind of cricket based economic miracle. Calm down, self importance squad. You're not that important.
It was Manmohan Singh govt that banned cricket ties after Pakistan decided to send terrorists to Mumbai and kill 120 innocent people.
If anything, it was BJP govt under Atal Vihari Bajpayee that resumed cricket ties with Pakistan back in 2004 even after Pakistan did Kargil and Kandahar plane hijacking few years ago.
It was Modi that went to Pakistan in 2016 to resume diplomatic ties, only for Pakistan to reciprocate with Uri terrorist attacks.
India regularly plays cricket with Bangladesh, Afghanistan plays all its home cricket in Noida, IPL picks Muslim players from all countries bar anyone holding Pakistani passport. So the issue is the country Pakistan and not Muslim's per se. What more Muslim proof you want after Javed Akhtar went in a Pak tv show and schooled Pakistan for sending terrorists to kill Indians. Just like how Asaduddin Owaisi schooled few Pakistani maulana's before.
Indian cricket team always have fair representation of Muslim players, however not a single minority players play for Pakistan. The ones that do, either forced to get converted or face mis treatment. So don't dare to make it a muslim-hindu issue, it is an issue only with Pakistan. Now before you say it is a discrimination against a particular country, of course it is just like how in Pakistani passport it is written it is applicable to all countries except Israel. Similarly India's stance is diplomatic relationship with all countries except Pakistan.
Modi got the highest civilian award from UAE govt and Seoul peace prize. If world take the claims of Pakistani's seriously, they would term Modi as Islamophobe by now. However we all know the reputation of Pakistani's around the world.
Pakistan may not be able to clear all its debts but PCB will make big profit with India series. If anything, it is BCCI that indirectly funds PCB & Pak cricket. It is not my words but said by your ex PCB chairman Ramiz Raja.
The only valid point you guys can raise is the hypocrisy of BCCI i.e why we play against Pakistan in ICC events but forget about jawans come bilateral. This is something I agree with and I genuinely hope either we play Pakistan everywhere or don't play at all. These picking and choosing makes us look bad.
So as a Pakistani, you should be raising your voice on this point more and more.
However if you divert this to Hindutva-Muslims issue or Modi propaganda etc, Rajdeep will become professor and take you to old school.
