Pakistan cricket staff has made their travel to Republic of India for the ICC Cricket International Cup 2023, scheduled to begin on October 5.
In a viral video circulating on social media, Zaka Ashraf may also be heard discussing gamers touring to a “dushman mulk” (enemy nation) for tournaments date addressing the media in regards to the unutilized participant commitments issued by means of the PCB. Ashraf’s remarks had been extensively interpreted as concentrated on Republic of India.
Within the video, Ashraf mentioned, “We gave these contracts to our players with love and affection. Never in the history of Pakistan, such a significant amount of money has been awarded to players. My aim was to boost the players’ morale as they go to countries, the enemy country (‘Dushman Mulk’) for competitions.”
Ashraf’s feedback have drawn grievance from each Indian and Pakistani cricket fanatics, in particular in brightness of the nice and cozy reception gained by means of the Pakistan staff in Republic of India, in particular in Hyderabad, forward of the event. Many people took to social media to specific their displeasure with Ashraf’s statements.
One Pakistani cricket fan commented on X, announcing, “Shame on PCB chairman for calling India ‘Dushman mulk’ despite a warm welcome from them. Zaka Ashraf is the real enemy of our team. Dear Indians, don’t take him seriously; he’s just a political tout, which is why he was made chairman.”
Any other Pakistani cricket fanatic, Sultan Khan, criticized the PCB Prominent’s observation as irresponsible, declaring, “Irresponsible statement from the head of PCB, Zaka Ashraf. India is not our enemy.”
The Pakistan cricket staff is scheduled to play games their first warm-up fit in opposition to Untouched Zealand in Hyderabad. Following this, they’ll face Australia in every other warm-up fit on October 3. Pakistan’s International Cup marketing campaign will formally kick off on October 6 with a fit in opposition to the Netherlands.
(With ANI inputs)
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