Pakistan Minister Fawad Chaudhry has demanded that the International Cricket Council (ICC) take action against Indian cricketers for wearing camouflage military caps during the third ODI against Australia, accusing Virat Kohli’s team of politicising the game.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the International Cricket Council. “The world saw that the Indian cricket team wore military caps instead of their own, did ICC not see this? We think that it is the ICC’s responsibility to take notice of this without the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) bringing it up,” Qureshi was quoted as saying by Pakistan media.
The CRPF jawans who lost their lives in the Pulawama terrorist attack, Indian cricketers sported the Army caps and also donated their match fee for the welfare of the families of the martyrs.
Former captain MS Dhoni, who has held the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel since November 2011, distributed the caps to his teammates before the start of the game.
Fawad Chaudhry, the information and broadcasting minister of Pak, accused India of politicising the game of cricket. In addition, he demanded that the International Cricket of Council (ICC) should take strict action against team India and BCCI. He didn’t stop here and went on to say that if the Indian team keeps on doing such things, the Pakistani team should also wear black bands in order to tell the world about the injustice that India is doing with Kashmiris. Besides, he also asked Pakistan Cricket Board to make a formal complaint with ICC.
Fawad Chaudhry took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and wrote, “‘It’s just not Cricket’, I hope ICC ll take action for politicising Gentleman’s game … if Indian Cricket team ll not be stopped, Pak Cricket team should wear black bands to remind The World about Indian atrocities in Kashmir… I urge #PCB to lodge formal protest”
Here’s his tweet:
“It’s just not Cricket”, I hope ICC ll take action for politicising Gentleman’s game … if Indian Cricket team ll not be stopped, Pak Cricket team should wear black bands to remind The World about Indian atrocities in Kashmir… I urge #PCB to lodge formal protest pic.twitter.com/GoCHM9aQqm
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 8, 2019
India were leading the five-match series 2-0 before losing the Ranchi ODI by 32 runs. Australia put up a target of 314 for India to chase largely thanks to a 193-run opening stand between Usman Khawaja and Aaron Finch. Khawaja scored his maiden ODI ton in the match. Although Kohli scored a century in the chase, India ended up falling short by 32 runs.
