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Seems they are performing as well as the Indian Army...
I hope the Pakistan cricket team wears arm bands saying save Kashmir and caps with the PAF logos on it. We should also bring back our old slogans in the crowd..enough of this jeet lo dil bakwaas. Clear militaristic fascist jingoism going on here. Just shows how right wing fascism has seeped into every pore of India. Similar to other right wing societies in the past!!
Whats ironic is Indians go around talking about how Pakistanis are militaristic and under the thumb of their army etc..ab yay dekho..whats next RSS armbands and special hand gestures before the match..?? we should not shake their hands on the day and keep our nicey nice gestures for other teams..Time to go back to the "cricket jihad" days of sharjah...and our slogans like Pakistan ka matlab kya and our naaray takbirs!! and Naaray haideris!!
Well Kashmir is not exactly part of india now is it? so how does solidarity with them mean attacking india?
This is unacceptable. Politicizing sport and could be construed as provocative. The ICC should grow some balls and come down hard on these jokers but we all know the ICC are even bigger clowns.
For an arm band or vest under shirt by South AFrican player Imran TAhir [wearing shirt with Junaid Jamshed picture]. ICC reprimanded and warned him same with English player like Moeen Ali wearing an arm band for Palestinians.
Where is ICC now is'nt this political statements. Both the above-mentioned issues were highlighted by biased Indian media, now a butt of the jokes around the world for their fake news. ICC has become a mistress of BCCI and now it feels we need to leave cricket altogether. IOC and FIFA also have member nations who pay more than the rest, but they make sure no country is discriminated and treated equally as per their rules.
So wearing an army cap to show solidarity to the Martyrs of a terrorist attack is offending people. Jeez, how brittle you guys are.![]()
Nothing but cheap drama to sell the product a little bit more and they look nothing but jokers.
People who got no personal stake at wars and earned maybe 1% of what these jokers do die wearing these caps, and they are using it for some nationalist drama.
What a joke of country India is becoming these days.
Time and a place.
Nothing but cheap drama to sell the product a little bit more and they look nothing but jokers.
People who got no personal stake at wars and earned maybe 1% of what these jokers do die wearing these caps, and they are using it for some nationalist drama.
What a joke of country India is becoming these days.
You realise that they are doing it for their countrymen.And by the reactions in media, social media, on this thread, one can assume that this gesture has been appreciated by Indians.
I understand your dislike for the Indian Army but that doesnot mean Indians share your views. Calling a country a joke because yoy do not agree with its people shows your intolerance and nothing else.
For an arm band or vest under shirt by South AFrican player Imran TAhir [wearing shirt with Junaid Jamshed picture]. ICC reprimanded and warned him same with English player like Moeen Ali wearing an arm band for Palestinians.
Where is ICC now is'nt this political statements. Both the above-mentioned issues were highlighted by biased Indian media, now a butt of the jokes around the world for their fake news. ICC has become a mistress of BCCI and now it feels we need to leave cricket altogether. IOC and FIFA also have member nations who pay more than the rest, but they make sure no country is discriminated and treated equally as per their rules.
You realise that they are doing it for their countrymen.And by the reactions in media, social media, on this thread, one can assume that this gesture has been appreciated by Indians.
I understand your dislike for the Indian Army but that doesnot mean Indians share your views. Calling a country a joke because yoy do not agree with its people shows your intolerance and nothing else.
Except that I'm sure many Indian Kashmiris are quite upset about this move, especially if the BCCI forced the players to do so. I'm sure you realize that not all Indians support the actions of the Indian armed forces.
There is nothing wrong with what the players did, like you said, it is their country and their expression. However, do not portray this as something that all Indians appreciate.
Moeen is not a Palestinian , is he ?
Imran T had been reprimanded for displaying a personal message without seeking prior approval from his home side or the ICC.
Have you & others posters like @theGreatKhan frothing at mouth noticed that these camouflage caps were sanctioned by BCCI ?
Moeen is not a Palestinian , is he ?
Imran T had been reprimanded for displaying a personal message without seeking prior approval from his home side or the ICC.
Have you & others posters like @theGreatKhan frothing at mouth noticed that these camouflage caps were sanctioned by BCCI ?
There are 1.3 billion Indians. There is nothing that they can all agree on. Not even that the sky is blue.
But the point is that in general, this gesture is appreciated by most Indians.
Except that I'm sure many Indian Kashmiris are quite upset about this move, especially if the BCCI forced the players to do so. I'm sure you realize that not all Indians support the actions of the Indian armed forces.
There is nothing wrong with what the players did, like you said, it is their country and their expression. However, do not portray this as something that all Indians appreciate.
Is there a chance that there is disagreement over this within the ICT as well? Also, in the case that a player did not want to go along with it, would there be pressure on him to conform?
So wearing an army cap to show solidarity to the Martyrs of a terrorist attack is offending people. Jeez, how brittle you guys are.![]()
I don't hate Indian Army they have similar kind of low paid poor soldiers dying on the front for no reason like any other Army in the world so please refrain from making moot points on my behalf.
I am calling people who act like a joker a joker that is like calling a spade a spade. If India keeps on doing these marketing videos and theater than sorry, it will turn into a joke of a country that is fueled by nothing but drama like they are doing for the past few weeks.
You can name it intolerance or anything you want that makes no difference for me. I have my opinion if you think it is intolerant that is your understanding.
We all know this is less to with the terrorist attack but more to do with their aggression against Pakistan.
We all know this is less to with the terrorist attack but more to do with their aggression against Pakistan.
Is there a chance that there is disagreement over this within the ICT as well? Also, in the case that a player did not want to go along with it, would there be pressure on him to conform?
That aggression started due to the 46 soldiers that were killed in the suicide attack.
I don't get why the Indian Army needs support - never seen a sports org support their armed forces
Usually you would see athletes support sometime like breast cancer, or colon cancer or raise awareness for a non-profit org, not for the armed forces
i guess spirits must be really low there...
Who said it is unacceptable?
Provaction to whom?
How is this politicizing? A person supporting his country's army is not politics.
Your assumptions.
Ofcourse its intolerant if things that dont conform to your views make people jokets.
Do you have any source claiming this? People cant debate based on your imaginations, can they?
Whether all Indians appreciate cannot be decided by Pakistanis? Can it be?
Lets for the sake of argument say majority of Indians agree to it. Thats democracy.
You have no proof that bcci forced this? Do you?
So your criticism is based on what exactly?
I doubt it. I would expect that every person who plays for his country would have no problem in donning a hat as a gesture of gratitude for the Indian armed forces.
Many could see this as provocative or offensive, not least the IOK population of which countless human rights abuses have been committed on them by your army.
A person can support their army buy why should a sports person bring it on to the sporting arena? FIFA/UEFA ban all such visual articles that could be supporting institutions/political entities that have nothing to do with the sport itself. But I guess there's a difference in standards/mentality between India/subcontinent and developed areas.
Who is this many? What you call IOK is the state of J and K for Indians. Pakistanis may think whatever about the Indian army, doesnot mean Indians wont support their army. Just like Pakistanis support their army,do you wonder what Bangladeshis or Indians or Afghans or someone else thinks about PA.
Players have sported outfits on the field in support of many causes. Indian team is doing that they believe is a worthy cause.
Once again, supporting an army and endorsing the actions of that army is a political move. An army is used to further political goals. It is not the same as supporting one's country/nation/religion/tribe.
If the people if IOK support the Indian armed forces, why did they kill 46 members of the Indian armed forces?
Also, why do so many in IOK want to be liberated from Indian armed forces.
Nobody gonna boycott match with you. We don't wanna to lose an easy win.Rofl their nationalism is also fake. Doing for the gallery. Lets see how 'nationalist' players and whatsapp fake news media boycott June 16 match with Pakistan, looking forward to that, dramaybaaz nation.
Indian team, playing in India and supporting n paying to homage to Indian army n that rattles a lot of people? Man who needs a war when a cap can do the job.
Youd have thought after the humiliation last week these people wouldve learnt their lesson but looks like a leopard can never change its spots
they can donate their knickers to the Indian Army for all we care but dont bring this on to the Cricket field.
Yet you find Indian players wearing a camo cap sanctioned by BCCI with its logo in support of Indian Army offensive ?Yes, he isn't Palestinian. He is however, a human being and a Muslim and is connected to Palestinian citizens on those two accounts. Unless you think nationalism or patriotism are the only acceptable means of identification and group organization?
The armbands were sanctioned by the ECB. How do you think he got to the field with them on without his coach, captain or managers stopping him if it wasn't sanctioned?
Some how its a feeling among posters here that Indians shouldnot support the Indian Army. Thats just ridiculous.
Who deems it? Whats the political cause? Indians supporting Indian Army is not a political cause.
Some how its a feeling among posters here that Indians shouldnot support the Indian Army. Thats just ridiculous.
Yet you find Indian players wearing a camo cap sanctioned by BCCI with its logo in support of Indian Army offensive ?
Nothing wrong with this. However, the next time a player decides to support any political, religious or humanitarian cause, the ICC should not complain about it. Provided that the Indian team does not get fined for their actions in this match, of course.
Supporting your country's military is a political cause, not a patriotic one. Not everyone finds war acceptable and I am sure there are many Indians, especially in IOK that hate the Indian army. If the BCCI forced its players to do this, then that is absolutely disgusting.
A camouflage cap worn by INDIAN players in support of INDIAN ARMY sanctioned by BCCI & bearing it's LOGO has some Pakistani fans behaving like insecure kids .![]()
no Indians should support their army but this is not the appropriate way
By all means support the IA, but it's not appropriate to bring it on to the cricket field. They're cricket players not soldiers.
My understanding is that the Indian team are wearing the caps a tribue to the victims of the Pulwama attacks. I see nothing wrong with that.
If Kohli and co had come out and said they were wearing it to support the Indian military since they were on the brink of war - that would be a different story.
I see nothing different here from Pakistan team paying tribute to the victim of the Army school shootings or paying tribute to the Pakistani army by doing push ups in the middle of Lords.
As for the Moeen issue - personally the Palestine issue is something I feel really strongly about and love to see people using their fame to raise awareness regarding this matter. However, unfortunately, it's really no surprise that ECB doesn't want their employees preaching a pro-Palestine/anti-Israel message since people are very quick to label your employees - and consequently your organisation - as anti-scemetic. Unfortunate truth of the world we live in.
So Indians cannot dedicate a match to 40 odd soldiers martyred by a terrorist? How is this not appropriate?
People wear bands, here they have adorned caps and donated thier match fees.
Arm-bands would have been fine. Pakistanis have an issue because the caps represent the players supporting the actions of the armed forces, instead of simply remembering the dead.
Corrected.
Please show me where people other than Pakistanis are moaning. We are playing against the Aussies. Surely, they should be the first ones to be offended.
Joke according to who? Pak? Ya right.