Follow UsThe India-Pakistan relations are still on the boil and yet both teams are scheduled to play against each other in the Asia Cup 2025, not once, but most probably thrice. This would happen after the relationship got too tense in May-June of this year with the Pahalgam terrorist attack, followed by Operation Sindoor by the Indian Armed Forces.
Former Indian batter and Bengal legend, Manoj Tiwary, who also represents one of the opposition parties, the Trinamool Congress, said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Indian Government do not care for people’s lives.
"I am a little surprised that this match is going to happen. After the Pahalgam attack, in which so many innocent civilians were killed, and then the war that followed, a lot of talk was going on that this time we will give a befitting reply,” Tiwary was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
“Despite this, after a few months, everything has been forgotten. I find it hard to believe that this match is happening, that the value of a human life can be zero. What do they want to achieve by playing with Pakistan? The value of a human life should be more than sports,” he added.
Asked if he would be interested in watching the September 14 contest, Tiwary replied, “There is no question of me watching the match at all.”
Tiwary, who played for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy as late as February 2024, also featured in 12 ODIs and three T20Is for India. He played 122 First-Class matches, the most for Bengal, hitting 8635 runs, also the highest for Bengal in the history of state cricket.