BCCI officials likely to skip Ind vs Pak Asia Cup match in UAE, Pahalgam victims wife slams cricket body over match
Despite India being official host, the Asia Cup matches were shifted to UAE amid strained ties between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attacks.
PTC News Desk: Amid growing calls to boycott the upcoming India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials will most likely to skip the match in Dubai.
Despite India being official host, the Asia Cup matches were shifted to UAE amid strained ties between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attacks.
According to the reports, no BCCI official has reached Dubai till now and only one official is expected to be present at the stadium on match day. During the Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan earlier this year in Dubai, all top BCCI officials and representatives of several state cricket boards were present at the venue.
The decision was reportedly taken amid massive outrage with fans expressing displeasure over the match against Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Aishanya Dwiwedi, the young widow of Shubham Dwiwedi, who was killed in Pahalgam attack, strongly condemned the upcoming match and urged the people not to watch the match even on television.
She said, "I cannot understand this. I urge people to boycott this. Do not go to watch this and do not switch on your TV for this."
Slamming the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), she said that the board was not sentimental towards the families of the 26 persons who were killed in the terror attack.
"The BCCI should not have accepted a match between India and Pakistan... I think the BCCI is not sentimental towards those 26 families and the martyrs of the Operation Sindoor," Dwivedi said.
Questioning the Indian cricket team, she claimed that, except for a couple of cricketers, no player came forward to call for a boycott of the game between India and Pakistan. "What are our cricketers doing? It is said that cricketers are nationalists. It is viewed as our national game. Except for 1-2 cricket players, nobody stepped forward to say that we should boycott the match against Pakistan. The BCCI cannot make them play at gunpoint. They should take a stand for their country. But they are not doing it," she said.