Congress on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Operation Sindoor’ submit over India’s Asia Cup win in opposition to Pakistan, saying that it isn’t proper to “examine a cricket match to a battlefield”.
After India beat Pakistan by 5 wickets within the Asia Cup closing on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on Sunday, PM Modi posted on X to congratulate the group and in contrast the match to Operation Sindoor.
“Operation Sindoor on the video games area. Final result is similar — India wins! Congrats to our cricketers,” he mentioned.
Congress chief Pawan Khera reshared the Prime Minister’s submit on X and mentioned, “Prime Minister ji, to begin with, it isn’t proper to match a cricket match to a battlefield.”
“Second, in case you have made the comparability anyway, then you must study from the Indian group that when you’re near victory, good captains don’t ceasefire on the orders of any third umpire,” he added.
The temper between group India and Pakistan was evidently tense because the Asia Cup matches befell in opposition to the backdrop of the border tensions following the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault that left 26 folks useless.
The Indian gamers had additionally refused to shake arms with their Pakistani opponents throughout any of the match. Following their closing victory as nicely, the Suryakumar Yadav-led group didn’t settle for the Asia Cup trophy from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi.
Naqvi had beforehand registered a grievance with the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) over group India’s behaviour after the handshake snub.
He had additionally shared objectionable posts on social media, displaying Pakistan’s claims of downing Indian fighter jets within the battle after Operation Sindoor, a declare that Islamabad has introduced no proof for.
Earlier, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor had taken to X to congratulate group India and prolonged a ‘salute’ to educate Gautam Gambhir.
“As we rejoice on the thrilling victory within the #AsiaCup closing final evening, allow us to additionally pay tribute to the oft-maligned coach, @GautamGambhir and the selectors, who picked the right group for the event. They’re all the time the primary to be blamed when issues go mistaken, However let’s salute them for getting just about all the pieces proper this time,” Tharoor wrote on X.
In the meantime, Suryakumar Yadav hailed PM Modi’s ‘Operation Sindoor’ submit for India’s Asia Cup win, saying that it felt good because the nation’s chief himself “bats on the entrance foot”.
He additional mentioned, “…it felt like he took the strike and scored runs. It was nice to see, and when the sir is standing in entrance, then positively the gamers will play freely.”
