As anticipated, the political masters of Pakistan have finally directed its national cricket team to lift the boycott and play India on 15 February, 2026, as scheduled in Colombo . The Masters must've thought the money at stake is too lucrative to continue indulging in such kind of grumpy politics. Of course, they had imposed some pre-conditions that included making the 'handshake' a mandatory protocol, but the ICC looked the other way. So, the PCB takes it as protecting the 'spirit of cricket'. The Indian cricket board , the sponsors, the TV channels and millions of fans who do not necessarily mix patriotism with sports, if it's cricket in particular, must be deliriously ecstatic that all the revenues and hype and excitement shall be there for harvest thr oughout the ICC Men's T20 World Cup-2026 , co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka . Most of the Indians fans must also be ecstatic to have their heroes go on vanquishing the enemy neighbor and humiliating t...
“Ki…ki…ki…ki…ki…!” “Don’t try that on me, ok? I’m not at all afraid of you!” “Ki…ki…ki…ki…ki…Kiran!” “How you convinced the Congress to support its bitter foes ever I don’t know. But never try such tricks on us now. No way! You’ve seen it from the very beginning.” “How could you do this to me?” “It is the result of what you have been doing all the time.” “We had the same mentor, same ideals and fought for the same noble cause.” “And you left the same mentor high and dry, used him for your relentless ambitions at all possible levels—local, regional, national and international.” “You cannot deny my basic objective—cleaning the system from within. I was so committed and tried my best.” “And so you ran away from running the government. Being the ruling leader you still sat and slept on the streets to carry on what goddamn objectives I could hardly understand.” “You must understand why. ‘Central’ circumstances forced me to do so. I had no options. I had to make sure that the Bill wa...