"This is not an India-Pakistan match. This is a Jay Shah vs Pakistan match. The people of India do not want it. The Indian public does not consent to India playing against Pakistan. The India-Pakistan match generates the highest amount of betting and gambling in cricket, and the money als
Syad Bhasha, President of the Andhra Pradesh BJP Minority Morcha, on Tuesday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the proposed no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Pakistan had announced an earlier boycott of the much-anticipated match against India; however, on Monday, the Government of Pakistan reversed its decision and directed its national cricket team to take the field on February 15 for their scheduled fixture in Colombo.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said he doesn't like the politicisation of sports and is glad that "cricket will move" with India and Pakistan's match in the T20 World Cup.
In their first Group A fixture, Indian team defeated USA by 29 runs where the skipper Suryakumar Yadav played a match-winning knock of unbeaten 84 runs off just 49 balls.
In a strong statement today, Jammu and Kashmir Sports Minister Satish Sharma voiced his opposition to the scheduled India-Pakistan cricket match on February 15, arguing that India should not play against a nation he claims is "robbing us in broad daylight, martyring our soldiers".
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanked Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for ensuring that the much-anticipated India-Pakistan match at the ongoing ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup in Colombo will proceed as scheduled on February 15.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul on Monday has urged Pakistan to play their February 15 ICC Men's T20 World Cup clash against India.
While adressing the media gathering at the Black Scorpion To Hell And Back book launch in Mumbai, Sunoel Shetty hetty expressed his desire to watch a match between India and Pakistan at the upcoming T20 World Cup as both nations share a "beautiful rivalry" in cricket.
Pakistan captain Salman Agha said the fate of the much-anticipated game against India in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup is beyond their control and rests entirely with Pakistan government authorities, with their focus firmly on performing well in the remaining fixtures of the tournament.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Monday said that Pakistan's decision to boycott the T20 World Cup match against India is "a slap on the face of Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya."
Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the announcement to provide Rs 10,000 to women in Bihar, Thackeray said that the PM decided on it since there are upcoming assembly elections in the eastern state.