2023 is the year of the ODI World Cup and it is scheduled to begin in just less than four months. The major world event this year will be played exclusively in India for the first time in 48 years. This year, a total of 10 teams will travel to India to compete in the multi-nation event that will be held at multiple venues in India.
However, Pakistan's participation is still up in the air, though, as they are debating whether to visit India after initially deciding not to take part when India declined to visit Pakistan for the Asia Cup, which Pakistan was supposed to host. Meanwhile, former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad has slammed the Indian cricket team and said that they can go to hell if they don't want to come to Pakistan.
"Pakistan has been to India in 2012 and even in 2016 now it is the turn of the Indians to come here. If I had to make a decision, I would never go to India to play any match, even the World Cup. We are always ready to play them (India) but they never respond in the same manner. Pakistan cricket is bigger... we are still producing quality players. India can go to hell. I don't think even if we don't go to India, it will make any difference to us," Miandad was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
It is time we also take a strong stand now: Javed Miandad
Miandad further added that it is better to live by cooperating with each other as cricket brings people closer. However, he also reckons that PCB should take a firm stance against the Indian Cricket Board and refuse to go to India unless they decide to come to Pakistan first.
"I always say one can't choose its neighbours, so it is better to live by cooperating with each other. And I have always said cricket is a sport which brings people closer to each other and can remove misunderstandings and grievances between countries. It was on the cards that they would again not send their team to Pakistan for the Asia Cup so it is time we also take a strong stand now," he added.
Hereโs how fans reacted:
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'Iss totle ne kya bola kuch samajh nahi aaya' - Fans react to Javed Miandad's 'India can go to hell' comment amid Asia Cup dispute
Here's how fans reacted after former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad said that India can go to hell over Asia Cup row.
Javed Miandad (Source - Twitter)
2023 is the year of the ODI World Cup and it is scheduled to begin in just less than four months. The major world event this year will be played exclusively in India for the first time in 48 years. This year, a total of 10 teams will travel to India to compete in the multi-nation event that will be held at multiple venues in India.
However, Pakistan's participation is still up in the air, though, as they are debating whether to visit India after initially deciding not to take part when India declined to visit Pakistan for the Asia Cup, which Pakistan was supposed to host. Meanwhile, former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad has slammed the Indian cricket team and said that they can go to hell if they don't want to come to Pakistan.
"Pakistan has been to India in 2012 and even in 2016 now it is the turn of the Indians to come here. If I had to make a decision, I would never go to India to play any match, even the World Cup. We are always ready to play them (India) but they never respond in the same manner. Pakistan cricket is bigger... we are still producing quality players. India can go to hell. I don't think even if we don't go to India, it will make any difference to us," Miandad was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
It is time we also take a strong stand now: Javed Miandad
Miandad further added that it is better to live by cooperating with each other as cricket brings people closer. However, he also reckons that PCB should take a firm stance against the Indian Cricket Board and refuse to go to India unless they decide to come to Pakistan first.
"I always say one can't choose its neighbours, so it is better to live by cooperating with each other. And I have always said cricket is a sport which brings people closer to each other and can remove misunderstandings and grievances between countries. It was on the cards that they would again not send their team to Pakistan for the Asia Cup so it is time we also take a strong stand now," he added.
Hereโs how fans reacted: