We also cannot
judge what’s right and what’s wrong in such a charged situation. While we
cannot blame the Indian social media outrage or the overall animosity between
the two neighboring nations, we cannot also blame the tit-for-tat by Bangladesh.
Sport is basically a recreation, played mostly between friends or between
friendly rivals in the true spirit of the game. And then look at the situation,
not just in the Indian subcontinent but also across the world—wars that never
seem to end; conflict after conflict; attacks after attacks; and arguably the
most powerful leader of the world who’s been crying pitifully for world peace
all the time suddenly deciding to raid a sovereign nation, overrule its regime
and kidnapping and airlifting its President over for supposed trials. Pray! Why
should we pretend and play on?
If one sees
another nation as a confirmed enemy then cut off all ties, including all kinds
of sports activities—let it be bilateral or multi-nation world tournaments. Therefore,
instead of carrying on with the absurd mock dramas the concerned top controllers
of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh must find a way to stay away from playing the
game of cricket with each other anywhere in the world, till the easing of
animosity, if possible at all in the long term. You must call a spade a spade. Don’t
beat around the bush in search of a chimera of peace and friendship! The history
of the Homo Sapiens over the millennia is all too clear! Anybody listening?

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