There are reports that India and Pakistan may play a bilateral cricket series in December; however it will be played on the neutral venue of SriLanka. It has been reported that the Pakistan Cricket Board has received permission from the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif; however BCCI hasn’t received any answer from the Indian government so far.
BCCI has to send a formal invitation to Pakistan as per the MOU signed between them, however the final decision on playing with Pakistan will be taken by the Indian Government.
Rajeev Shukla told ANI on Thursday, “India-Pakistan series will happen tentatively from Dec 15 in Sri Lanka. Both the countries have agreed upon it.”
He said this to Times Now, “From Day One I have been maintaining that cricket should not be brought into political controversy. Even the (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee government had given the nod in worse situation for resumption of cricket. We had sent the Indian team to Pakistan. I think, we should play Pakistan.”
Twitter is as usual acting as a medium, providing its users a platform to express their opinion and majority of the users have expressed their discontent on this decision, this is why #NoCricketWithPakistan is trending on top.
Here are some tweets that you must check out:
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https://twitter.com/TheRahulMahajan/status/669822764065296384
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Cricket with Pakistan is Betrayal with the Nation. Down with @BCCI
Down with @ianuragthakur#NoCricketWithPakistan pic.twitter.com/eonBLDixUZ— Jay® (@SaffronJay) November 26, 2015
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#NoCricketWithPakistan trending at no 1. That should give @narendramodi a fair idea of what India wants. Why go against public sentiment?
— Manak Gupta (@manakgupta) November 26, 2015
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@tajinderbagga Cricket is a game played by Gentlemen with Gentlemen not with Terrorists. #NoCricketWithPakistan
— Anurag Singh (@raza_azh) November 26, 2015
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If you are dying to play bilateral cricket with Pakistan than organize matches in Sher-e-Kashmir stadium, Srinagar.#NoCricketWithPakistan
— Pankaj Bengani (@pankaj_bengani) November 26, 2015
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https://twitter.com/AskAnshul/status/669826256477683712
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Sir @narendramodi request you to pick the file sent by BCCI for approval of Indo-Pak cricket series and TRASH IT 🙏🙏
— Ritu #जिष्णु (@RituRathaur) November 26, 2015
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Shame on @BCCI
On 26/11 they have shown that Money is important than countries respect.#NoCricketWithPakistan— The VVIP (Modi ka Parivar) (@MrVVIPAK) November 26, 2015
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https://twitter.com/sughosh_v/status/669801484020682752
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Tributes to the Hero's of 26/11
announcing cricket series with Pak on 26/11 is very shameful #NoCricketWithPakistan pic.twitter.com/nUAygmBlyh
— Raja Singh (Modi Ka Parivar) (@TigerRajaSingh) November 26, 2015
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Spoke to a few in BJP, govt. There seems to be no move on the series. Go-ahead rumours coming from BCCI and media. #NoCricketWithPakistan
— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) November 26, 2015
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https://twitter.com/DrGPradhan/status/669836290142040069
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