After controversial ‘Seemed like BCCI Event’ remark, Pakistan head coach sends World Cup final warning to India

After controversial 'Seemed like BCCI Event' remark, Pakistan head coach sends World Cup final warning to India

While world cricket has barely moved on from the bizarre remark, Arthur has now sent a ‘World Cup final’ warning to the Indian team. Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur made headlines right after the team’s brutal seven-wicket loss at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday with a controversial statement on no Pakistani music being played at the venue throughout the proceedings of the game which made him feel “like a BCCI event rather than ICC”. And while world cricket has barely moved on from the bizarre remark, Arthur has now…

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India-Pakistan World Cup match stirs emotions in cricket-loving Kashmir

India-Pakistan World Cup match stirs emotions in cricket-loving Kashmir

Many people in Kashmir support Pakistan over India in cricket – a risk when the rivals face off. It’s always a highly charged affair whenever India and Pakistan play each other in cricket, but in the disputed, conflict-torn region of Kashmir, it’s on another level entirely. As in the past, Saturday’s ICC Cricket World Cup clash between the two countries, held in the northern Indian city of Ahmedabad, brings risks – as well as some opportunities – to residents in cricket-crazed, Indian-administered Kashmir. Traditionally, most residents in Kashmir have supported…

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