The one match most of us don't miss, since our childhood days, whether we're keen on cricket or not. The one match no team on either side wants to lose. Remember Venkatesh Prasad vs Aamir Sohail in the 1996 world cup. Misbah's slog sweep that cost Pakistan the first t20 cup. but where there is national passion, there is also national interest. India has refused to play within Pakistan, all bilateral series is on hold. That's been debilitating to Pakistan cricket which is now bankrupt and has actually threatened to sue the BCCI. But the fundamentals are clear. While Pakistan is bleeding us through terror, we can't be tolerating them on or off the field. Just today, a BSF Jawan's mutilated body has been recovered from the international border, suspected to have been attacked and abducted by Pakistani rangers. That is the barbarous terror state they are, even though their world cup winning captain is at the helm. When Afridi came to India, he provoked by thanking Kashmiris in a post-match conference. Imran today is using cricketing ties to Sidhu to rake up also sorts of nonsense. So the question is not whether to play Pakistan in multilateral forums or not, but larger. first, if Pak uses cricketing pavilions to grandstand, why can't we use them to make a point? Should the Indian team be wearing black bands tomorrow to protest Pak terror and atrocities, should we also mention Pak's terror reality in post-match press conferences? Should the Indian team donate their match winnings to the widows of Indian martyrs to send a larger message? if South Africa could be banned from world cricket during racist apartheid, why is Pakistan still welcome when it is the world's ascribed terror state? We've had many debates on whether to play Pakistan or not, tonight let's discuss what we should be doing when we do play them. Because in the end, team India is 1.2 billion of us, not just 11. Let's listen to reasonable options and then have a reasonable conversation.
