Pakistan and India teams have trained their eyes in their Crucial Super Fours accessory in the 2025 Cup Asia on Sunday (today), since the political consequences of their previous party continue to eclipse the Cricket Tournament in Dubai.
Unfortunately, with sports, particularly the Cricket, now more and more a proxy for the BJP government led by Narendra Modi in Delhi, the toxicity has shed in the field with the relationships between the game groups of India and Pakistan at the boiling point.
For obvious reasons, the two parties are interested in avoiding controversy. Group A’s clash among fierce rivals last Sunday ended with a bitter note when Indian players refused to shake hands with their opponents. It was the first meeting between the two neighbors since they returned from the edge of a large -scale war after a four -day military conflict in May.
Pakistan’s Cricket Board (PCB) had demanded the elimination of Andy Pycroft as a party referee for the forced group game against the hosts. Zimbabwe Pycroft supervised that collide last Sunday. The last group game of Pakistan against the United Arab Emirates was delayed for an hour due to the confrontation before the matter was resolved with Pycroft apologizing to Greens’ chains.
Pycroft remained the referee of the game for Wednesday’s game and is still scheduled to officiate on Sunday.
Pakistan canceled his press conference prior to the game an hour before his scheduled time on Saturday, while the captain of India, Suryakumar Yadav, evaded questions in the row “No hands squeeze” when he spoke with the media after his team’s victory over Oman on Friday.
Sunday’s game among the arch -rival of southern Asia will be his second meeting in eight days, with the winner taking a step closer to the final of the tournament on September 28.
Although political statements and actions outside the field after the clash of September 14 continue to impact preparations for the next Super Fours game, both camps have taken measures to avoid more repercussions and protect players from the controversy.
When Yadav was asked to comment in the handshake row after the last game of his team’s group stage on Friday night, he replied by saying: ” [the match] It will be a good contest between the ball and the bat. “
He added that he asked his players to “close noise” before the match against Pakistan. “Close your room, turn off your phone and sleep,” said the captain of India. “It’s easy to say, but sometimes it’s difficult.”
After having made pointed political statements after his team’s victory over Pakistan on Sunday, the 35 -year -old decided to avoid similar comments one day before his second game.
