PM Modi invokes conflict with Pakistan after India’s Asia Cup cricket win | Cricket News

Indian chief controversially refers back to the politically-charged win as an extension of ‘Operation Sindoor’.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has contentiously invoked the battle with Pakistan in Might, which introduced the nuclear-armed neighbours to the cusp of a fifth all-out conflict, to have fun India’s Asia Cup final cricket win towards their regional arch foes.

“#OperationSindoor on the video games subject. Final result is similar – India wins! Congrats to our cricketers,” Modi posted on X on Monday.

Modi was referring to the four-day battle between the 2 nations, with its give attention to Indian-administered Kashmir, in Might, following an assault that killed 22 vacationers that India blamed on Pakistan, an accusation that Islamabad vehemently denies.

Throughout the battle, Modi introduced “Operation Sindoor” as a response to the assault, which heightened tensions and led to retaliation from Pakistan. The quick battle killed greater than 70 individuals in missile and drone assaults, with either side claiming victory.

In June, an Indian naval officer conceded that the nation lost several fighter jets to Pakistani fire throughout their battle in Might and stated the losses have been a results of “constraints” positioned on Indian forces by the federal government in New Delhi.

India and Pakistan traded different slights after Indian cricket gamers refused to shake arms with their Pakistani counterparts within the ultimate of the Asia Cup, as tensions between the 2 nations stay closely strained.

After India beat Pakistan on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday by 5 wickets, the Indian group refused to simply accept the trophy from Asia Cricket Council (ACC) chief Mohsin Naqvi, who can be the chief of Pakistan’s Cricket Board (PCB) and Pakistan’s inside minister.

Simon Doull, a former New Zealand cricketer and broadcaster, introduced, citing the ACC, that the Indian group wouldn’t be amassing their awards because of the tensions.

Throughout the course of the match, the Indian group refused to shake arms with the Pakistan group in any of the three matches the 2 sides performed.

Naqvi reportedly refused to step down from the presentation ceremony at hand out the award altogether.

Indian gamers Tilak Varma, who gained the player-of-the-match award, Abhishek Sharma, who gained the player-of-the-tournament award, and Kuldeep Yadav, who gained the Most Beneficial Participant award, turned as much as settle for their particular person awards however didn’t acknowledge Naqvi.

The Pakistani official was additionally the one particular person on stage who didn’t applaud the Indian trio.

In a post-match convention, Yadav stated he had “by no means seen” a profitable group denied their trophy.

However Pakistan’s captain, Salman Agha, accused India’s behaviour through the match of being “dangerous for cricket”.

“What they did right now, an excellent group doesn’t do this. Good groups do what we now have finished. We waited for our medals and took them,” Agha stated.

Indian cricket board (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia introduced that the board will lodge a protest towards Naqvi within the subsequent assembly of the governing Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) in November.

Indian captain Yadav was accused of constructing a political assertion after the primary match, whereas Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan and pacer Haris Rauf made political gestures within the second.