WCL: India Boycott Pak, Afridi’s Double Standards Exposed | First Sports With Rupha Ramani | N18G
Tensions between India and Pakistan may be dormant on the political front — but in the sporting arena, they’ve erupted once again. In a dramatic twist at the World Championship of Legends, several top Indian cricketers, including Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, and Shikhar Dhawan, pulled out of the scheduled match against Pakistan — citing the Pahalgam terror attack as the reason. The organisers eventually scrapped the high-profile clash, fearing further backlash. While Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi is calling for politics to be kept out of sports, his history of stoking controversy and indulging in performative nationalism is impossible to ignore. Rupha Ramani breaks down the series of events, the sentiments driving the Indian pullout, Afridi’s questionable remarks, and why cricket — unlike any other sport — remains the ultimate flashpoint in Indo-Pak relations.
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India vs Pakistan Cricket | World Championship of Legends | Pahalgam Terror Attack | Shahid Afridi | India Pakistan Sports Rivalry | Yuvraj Singh | Suresh Raina | Harbhajan Singh | Irfan Pathan | Shikhar Dhawan | Indo-Pak Relations | First Sports | Rupha Ramani | Firstpost | Sports News
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