Pakistan Super League (PSL) aspect Lahore Qalandars erupted controversy with a tasteless tweet that tried to make enjoyable of India and its armed forces. Qalandars posted a pic of their participant Hussain Talat on the social media web site and wrote: “Ye tu ‘Tea is Fantastic’ hogya”. In the pic, Hussain will be seen sipping tea from a cup. The remark ‘Tea is Fantastic’ was utilized in reference to Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s phrases when he was requested by the Pakistani military in regards to the style of the tea after he was captured. This incident happened three years in the past, after the Pulwama assault, when Indian airforce shot down Pakistan’s fighter planes. Abhinandan was captured finally after his plane crashed in Pakistan and later was held captive by Pakistan military for lower than 3 days. The Pakistani military had then launched a video during which they served tea to Abhinandan and his ‘Tea was incredible’ reply had gone viral on the web immediately.
In that video, Abhinandan, seemed fearless and assured even when he was being held captive. The ‘Tea was incredible’ remark was his manner to inform his motherland that he was superb. However, a bit of Pakistani web, which thrives on anti-India propaganda, brings the remark up on social media once in a while to take a dig on the neighbours. The cricket followers in India had been fairly shocked to see a revered PSL aspect like Lahore Qalandars additionally taking the identical route.Â
Check out Qalandar’s tweet beneath and likewise robust reactions by Indian followers:
“Tea is fantastic” ought to make us prouder, our wing commander destroyed their F16 , which was despatched as reply to our assaults on a terror camp with a mere mig-21 and drank some tea and are available again with pleasure! https://t.co/WGq48gBHrn
— Akash Deshpande (@akashd7781) February 17, 2023
India has determined to isolate Pakistan in worldwide cricket for the political points, and it appears to be like as if this would possibly not change anytime quickly.
If this disappointing remark is something to go by, the Pakistanis aren’t eager to revive cricket ties with India anytime quickly, as properly. https://t.co/MuwWDthMBE
— Vijay Arumugam (@vijayarumugam) February 18, 2023
Have all the time maintained that sports activities and artwork have the ability & duty to convey folks nearer and unite folks, however such tweets act within the precise reverse method and do much more hurt than what they will think about. Surprised that this tweet is nonetheless up. https://t.co/eiVraZHXsD
— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) February 17, 2023
Some Indian followers are much more shocked by the truth that even after being instructed that this was a distasteful tweet, Qalandars have not deleted it. “India has decided to isolate Pakistan in international cricket for the political issues, and it looks as though this won’t change anytime soon. If this disappointing comment is anything to go by, the Pakistanis aren’t keen to revive cricket ties with India anytime soon, as well,” wrote an Indian cricket fan.Â
For the unversed, India and Pakistan do not play one another in bilateral sequence anymore. The final such sequence occurred in 2012. Since then, India and Pakistan meet in International Cricket Council (ICC) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) occasions however not in a bilateral sequence. This is due to the ever-growing checklist of political points between the 2 international locations. The Pakistani gamers are not allowed to play in Indian Premier League (IPL) and Women’s Premier League (WPL).
The two cricket board, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are at present at loggerheads on matter of internet hosting rights of Asia Cup 2023. The internet hosting rights are with Pakistan however BCCI secratary Jay Shah has maintained his stance that India won’t ever go to Pakistan with out Indian authorities’s permission. Â
