Javed Miandad: India can go to hell if they don't want to come to Pakistan to play

Former Pakistan cricket team skipper Javed Miandad lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for maintaining their stubborn stance on not going to Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023.

"India can go to hell if they don’t want to come to Pakistan to play cricket. I’ve always backed Pakistan. And you know that I don’t leave spare India whenever an issue arises. But the thing is we need to look at our part. And we should fight for it. We don’t care because we are getting to host our cricket. This is ICC’s job. If ICC can’t control this there’s no use of the governing body. They need to implement similar rules for every team. If teams like these don’t come, they should be debarred. India hoga, apne liye hoga. Hmare liye nahi hai.“ said Javed in a public event.

“Come and play. Why don’t they? They run. For them it becomes a trouble if they come here and lose to us. The public there can’t stomach it. It’s always been the case. During our time, they used to not play because of the same reason. Riots and fighting take place there. The crowd there is very nasty. You would’ve seen whenever India loses, to anyone, the crowd there burns down houses. When we used to play, they had faced such troubles.” He added.

Keeping the diplomatic tensions between the two countries in mind, the BCCI had said that the Indian Goverment won't allow the team to travel to Pakistan for the tournament in the recently held Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Bahrain.

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