Di Indian cricket team knack Pakistan well well for T20 match wey happen for September 14, 2025, inside Dubai for di Asia Cup. Di win no too hard for dem, but wetin happen after di match na wetin shock plenty people.
Instead make Indian players shake hand with di Pakistani players as e dey normal, dem waka comot field straight. Dis kain move no dey common for cricket, and e don make people dey talk online say di spirit of di game dey fade small small.
For di post-match talk, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav dedicate di win to India armed forces. E still promise say dem go dey support di families of di people wey die for di April 22 Pahalgam terror attack for India-administered Kashmir.
India dey blame Pakistan indirectly for di attack wey kill 26 people, even though Pakistan don deny di matter. Di attack even lead to one four-day war for May between di two countries.
Four months after di two countries fight di biggest air battle since World War II, di cricket match for Dubai don bring back di talk about how cricket don turn to tool for nationalist agenda for di subcontinent.
Khalid Hussain, one sports writer from Karachi, tell TRT World say e no surprise am as Indian players no shake hand. E talk say na di strategy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use cricket take show Pakistan as enemy and push India political agenda.
Cricket don always be small bridge for India-Pakistan relationship. For di 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, cricket matches dey help cool di tension between di two countries. Leaders like Zia ul Haq, Pervez Musharraf, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee don use di game to try settle matter before.
But Hussain talk say since Modi and him BJP party enter power for 2014, di story don change. E say India dey use cricket as weapon against Pakistan, especially as dem get financial power for di sport.
Indian analyst Sandip Ghose talk say di idea of sports as cultural bridge dey overhype. E say sports always get small tribal and competitive spirit, whether na between countries or even club matches.
Even though Ghose dey support di nationalist angle, e still talk say di handshake snub no make sense. E say di Indian team for just shake hand to show maturity, instead of di pettiness wey dem show.
For social media, di reaction dey divided. Some Indians wey vex for di Pahalgam attack dey call for boycott of matches against Pakistan. Dem even blame di Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for no stop di match.
Ghose talk say di BCCI dey autonomous, but di government fit still influence dem if dem wan follow public opinion. E still criticize Yadav nationalist talk, say e no necessary as di armed forces no need cricket to fight dia battles.
Hussain talk say di way cricket dey turn to tool for nationalism dey spoil di spirit of di game. E compare am to how Nelson Mandela use rugby to unite South Africa after apartheid.
E say for better world, sport suppose dey build bridge, but now na money and politics dey control cricket. E even accuse di International Cricket Council (ICC) say dem dey favor India interest.
Even though Indian team no follow etiquette and Yadav talk political matter, no sanction don follow dem. Hussain believe say India go continue to use cricket as weapon against Pakistan without any punishment.
