NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain and batting legend Javed Miandad made insensitive remarks on the issue of India’s refusal to travel to Pakistan for the upcoming Asia Cup tournament citing security reasons.
Speaking in a podcast hosted by Nadir Ali, Miandad tried to dilute the Indian concerns about security saying life and death are not in our hands.
“Forget security. We believe that agar maut aani hai toh aani hai. Zindagi aur maut toh allah ke haath mein hai..(If death is your destiny, it will come for sure. Life and death are in the hands of the Almighty),” Miandad said in the podcast.
Miandad also added that if India invite Pakistan, they will visit their neighbours. But want India to reciprocate, adding that it is India’s turn to visit Pakistan.
“If they call us today, we will go. But they should return too. The thing is the last time we went, but they haven’t come here since. It’s their turn now,” the ex-Pakistan skipper added.
Pakistan is due to host the Asia Cup in September but uncertainty surrounds the venue of the tournament as India has made it clear it can’t play in Pakistan.
Pakistan had earlier warned that they might skip the upcoming ODI World Cup in response to India’s stand on Asia Cup in Pakistan. But they have mellowed down a bit and according to reports the Pakistan cricket team would prefer playing bulk of its 2023 ODI World Cup matches in Chennai and Kolkata — the two venues where the team has felt safe during its earlier tours.
Earlier, former Pakistan captain Imran Khan called the BCCI ‘arrogant’.
“It is a sad and unfortunate affair, the relationship between Pakistan and India. There is a lot of arrogance in the way India now behaves in the cricketing world as a superpower. Because of their ability to generate a lot of funds, more than any other country, I think they almost dictate now as a sort of the arrogance of a super power of who they should play and who they shouldn’t,” Imran told Times Radio.
Speaking in a podcast hosted by Nadir Ali, Miandad tried to dilute the Indian concerns about security saying life and death are not in our hands.
“Forget security. We believe that agar maut aani hai toh aani hai. Zindagi aur maut toh allah ke haath mein hai..(If death is your destiny, it will come for sure. Life and death are in the hands of the Almighty),” Miandad said in the podcast.
Miandad also added that if India invite Pakistan, they will visit their neighbours. But want India to reciprocate, adding that it is India’s turn to visit Pakistan.
“If they call us today, we will go. But they should return too. The thing is the last time we went, but they haven’t come here since. It’s their turn now,” the ex-Pakistan skipper added.
Pakistan is due to host the Asia Cup in September but uncertainty surrounds the venue of the tournament as India has made it clear it can’t play in Pakistan.
Pakistan had earlier warned that they might skip the upcoming ODI World Cup in response to India’s stand on Asia Cup in Pakistan. But they have mellowed down a bit and according to reports the Pakistan cricket team would prefer playing bulk of its 2023 ODI World Cup matches in Chennai and Kolkata — the two venues where the team has felt safe during its earlier tours.
Earlier, former Pakistan captain Imran Khan called the BCCI ‘arrogant’.
“It is a sad and unfortunate affair, the relationship between Pakistan and India. There is a lot of arrogance in the way India now behaves in the cricketing world as a superpower. Because of their ability to generate a lot of funds, more than any other country, I think they almost dictate now as a sort of the arrogance of a super power of who they should play and who they shouldn’t,” Imran told Times Radio.
