Would any other team have stepped-up for Pakistan in the way they have done for Bangladesh?

[sweep_shot]

Why should a team get away with having EVERYTHING their own way all of the time? And it's not even like it's hidden but every other cricket playing country just ignores it because of money.

Someone had to take a stand.

And I'm proud that we have.

It's just a game.

Totally agree.

If we are to free cricket from Indian grip, some tough decisions have to be made.

I think England and Australia should take the initiative and launch their own cricket governing body. After that, all countries (minus India) can join them. Indians can play among themselves.

It is supposed to be a British sport anyway. It makes sense for England to control it. It was a lovely sport when they were controlling it.

 

[Rajdeep]

BD may do that because Indian puppet (Hasina) is gone. Current regime and BCB head have a good relation with Pakistan.

Was the decision made only for Bangladesh? I believe it has more to do with recent Balochistan attack. No?

During last year Champions Trophy, the same Yunus govt was there in Bangladesh. However, BCB didnt support Pakistan. Not only they came to play India in Dubai but also was hesitant to travel to Pakistan for other games.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

What if Netherlands need a win in last game to qualifies for super -8 along with india and india deliberately lost against Netherlands ( which I don't think they) to kickout Pakistan from the World T20 and it will be last game from group A.
#JustSaying

I imagine it would be pretty embarrassing for the No. 1 ranked T20I team with the richest and most successful T20 league in the world to lose to a bunch of minnows whose players often treat this as their second job

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

It has literally been the same thing since the 90s. BNP comes in, Bangladesh become pro-Pak. Awami League comes in, Bangladesh becomes pro-India. On top of that, Bangladesh has little to no value for Pakistan from a strategic POV.

Putting all the nationalist jingoistic drum beating aside....
One of the most accurate summaries of the situation.

 

[Devadwal]

I imagine it would be pretty embarrassing for the No. 1 ranked T20I team with the richest and most successful T20 league in the world to lose to a bunch of minnows whose players often treat this as their second job

No, in india no one raised any questions if Pakistan will kickout by losing against Netherlands. Indian celebrate it. Lol

But yea hoga nhi asa .

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Pakistan is not doing it for Bangladesh. They want to stick it to India, and to do so they dont want to do it alone.

So when Bangladesh became Indias enemy, Pakistan acted smart and basically applied the enemy of enemy is my friend logic.

Point is to create awareness and pressure of Indias shenanigans. Icc is a mess with India influence and that needs to be fixed.

On the contrary, the collateral fallout from this has been underestimated by both nations.

When people of a lot of nations who are unaware of the prevalent and omnipresent anti India and Anti Hindu wave in Bangladesh dig deeper into the reasons for BD's boycott, these kind of incidents would come into prominence, and it has its own consequences when one ties this to several global happenings.

TBH BD's image has taken a battering, talk of shooting oneself in the foot!

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

No, in india no one raised any questions if Pakistan will kickout by losing against Netherlands. Indian celebrate it. Lol

But yea hoga nhi asa .

No one in India will need to. The whole world will already be laughing at them.

 

[Devadwal]

No one in India will need to. The whole world will already be laughing at them.

Team hamari hai ya whole World ki ? Jab hum kuch fark ni padegaa?

 

[Mas-LFC]

Nope. Not even Bangladesh would have done the same for Pakistan if the roles were reversed.

Under previous regime no and it wouldnt be surprising, as the board president Papon was Hasinas mp.

But going forward, YES they would do the same for Pakistan as its not a puppet regime anymore. .

 

[hur rizvi]

To be honest Pakistan are settling their own scores too along with moral bcb support

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Around Asia Cup 2023, SL Cricket board happily decided to take half of the games of Pakistan as a host within hours.
I don't think any other board would have done so. All are ruled by spineless idiots only looking to make money.
Even PCB's stance is not totally sincere I would say.
It's not a sport anymore. It's just another political battlefield.

 

[sweep_shot]

It's not a sport anymore. It's just another political battlefield.

Cricket is now a farce.

I blame Dalmiya who overthrew a 300+ years old stable system. Result is chaos now.

 

[light]

What if Netherlands need a win in last game to qualifies for super -8 along with india and india deliberately lost against Netherlands ( which I don't think they) to kickout Pakistan from the World T20 and it will be last game from group A.
#JustSaying

Doesn't matter what happens to Pak, Still puts a sh*t stain on our face as a host ... This worlcup has so much negativity attached to it already, and that too without even starting game 1.

 

[Local.Dada]

Doesn’t even have to be a pro-India government, even a neutral non-aligned government in Bangladesh will be all it takes to normalize cricket relations between India and Bangladesh. Have people forgotten what happened with Maldives a few years back, they are back in line now aren’t they?. Same with Bangladesh. The current govt is an interim one and while I have no doubt that there is a significant anti-Indian sentiment in Bangladesh, i don’t think it is overwhelming enough to ruin diplomatic and other relationships with India unless there is an agenda. To stay relevant this make shift govt need to fan emotional/ religious issues as they don’t have an original vote bank like BNP.

Pak is dependent on army regardless of govt so taking steps for Bangladesh will have 0 impact. Yes they can take their own stance

 

[Major]

One thing i would add here is that apart from this whole Pakistan using the Bangladesh issue against india, Pakistan has genuinely helped smaller boards in the past.

Pakistan played a role in getting Bangladesh entered as a full member, they literally developed the whole Afghanistan squad of two generations and provided them access to NCA, domestic and even clubs. Than i have read about how they have assisted Sri Lanka aswell.

Apart from Sri Lanka and England, no cricket board has ever vouched or helped PCB. Everyone looked at their own benefit.

I appreciate Sri lanka helping send its team to Pakistan, and played a role in getting our cricket to return.

England played a role back in 2010 when it was ready to host our series, but Ijazz Butt made some very dumb statement afterwards and than amir and co were caught fixing than ECB decided to distance itself from us.

 

[sweep_shot]

One thing i would add here is that apart from this whole Pakistan using the Bangladesh issue against india, Pakistan has genuinely helped smaller boards in the past.

Pakistan played a role in getting Bangladesh entered as a full member, they literally developed the whole Afghanistan squad of two generations and provided them access to NCA, domestic and even clubs. Than i have read about how they have assisted Sri Lanka aswell.

Apart from Sri Lanka and England, no cricket board has ever vouched or helped PCB. Everyone looked at their own benefit.

I appreciate Sri lanka helping send its team to Pakistan, and played a role in getting our cricket to return.

England played a role back in 2010 when it was ready to host our series, but Ijazz Butt made some very dumb statement afterwards and than amir and co were caught fixing than ECB decided to distance itself from us.

I think you should give credit to Zimbabwe and West Indies too. I believe they toured Pakistan between 2015 and 2019.

I remember Zimbabwe played in Pakistan in 2015 (Babar's debut series).

 

[Bhaijaan]

Doesn’t even have to be a pro-India government, even a neutral non-aligned government in Bangladesh will be all it takes to normalize cricket relations between India and Bangladesh. Have people forgotten what happened with Maldives a few years back, they are back in line now aren’t they?. Same with Bangladesh. The current govt is an interim one and while I have no doubt that there is a significant anti-Indian sentiment in Bangladesh, i don’t think it is overwhelming enough to ruin diplomatic and other relationships with India unless there is an agenda. To stay relevant this make shift govt need to fan emotional/ religious issues as they don’t have an original vote bank like BNP.

Pak is dependent on army regardless of govt so taking steps for Bangladesh will have 0 impact. Yes they can take their own stance

That’s very true.
India is awful at G2D diplomacy but very good at G2G. The moment a democratic government comes to power in Bangladesh, there will be sudden improvement in relations with them and all this negativity might evaporate very quickly. But hopefully Pakistan would have wasted a lot of time, money and energy on this by then.

 

[Sachin fan]

BD may do that because Indian puppet (Hasina) is gone. Current regime and BCB head have a good relation with Pakistan.

Was the decision made only for Bangladesh? I believe it has more to do with recent Balochistan attack. No?

Anyone who is practical and understands reality so a puppet while bhagodas who left their country and living overseas and want to burn their country back home are non puppets.

I have said this before but non resident South asians are the most toxic extremists in the world and they are one of the biggest reasons for their countries turning extremists and suffering. If you cut off non resident Asians half of the trouble of these countries will end.

 

[Sachin fan]

On OPs point, any country will do this if they want to politically align with another country, which is what's happening between current bangladeshi government and Pakistan

It's all geopolitics.

 

[ahsan17]

No way ICC letting Pak into the WC after the stunt they pulled. Now since Pak and BD both aren't playing this world cup they should arrange a bilateral and play against each other. Hell, may be invite Myanmar and North Korea and organize a World Cup for pariahs, would be the first of its kind.

You must be really on something really good, or living in a parallel reality, if you think Pakistan or BD are pariah states. Operation Sindoor and the diplomatic outcomes should have hammered that into your head, but it clearly didn't.

 

[Major]

I think you should give credit to Zimbabwe and West Indies too. I believe they toured Pakistan between 2015 and 2019.

I remember Zimbabwe played in Pakistan in 2015 (Babar's debut series).

They took large pay cheques. So no

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Cricket is now a farce.

I blame Dalmiya who overthrew a 300+ years old stable system. Result is chaos now.

Lolll...the irony

That same Shri Jagmohan Dalmiya played a big part for your nation to become a test playing nation....
Speaking of being greatful is a bridge too far, selective memory & cherry picking to suit ur narrative is the order of the day

 

[Hitman]

Yes, if they hated India as much as Pakistan does.

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Lolll...the irony

That same Shri Jagmohan Dalmiya played a big part for your nation to become a test playing nation....
Speaking of being greatful is a bridge too far, selective memory & cherry picking to suit ur narrative is the order of the day

Some posters - the one you’ve quoted is a prime example - not only don’t understand cricket history, they don’t even know their own country’s history.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Some posters - the one you’ve quoted is a prime example - not only don’t understand cricket history, they don’t even know their own country’s history.

Neither do they know their own history - especially where their last names came from or originated....
& The few that know live in denial,/delulu/will reject all history beyond certain centuries....