Asia Cup | BCCI secy Devajit Saikia to Pak board chief Mohsin Naqvi: ‘Return Trophy and medals as soon as possible’

The Indian board office-bearer also reacted to the Indian PM Narendra posted on X: “#OperationSindoor on the games field. Outcome is the same – India wins! Congrats to our cricketers”.

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“Our armed forces have delivered it in the border area, now the same thing has been repeated in Dubai. So this is an excellent moment, a momentous occasion for Indian cricket … It was Operation Sindoor earlier and now it is Operation Killa. So it is an extremely befitting reply to all the nonsense activities done by some of the hostile country persons. So I don’t think there can be a better reply to this occasion on the grand occasion of the final Dubai match, ” Saikia said.

He also shared BCCI’s long term stand on playing Pakistan. “BCCI has followed the spirit and the policy formulated by the Government of India regarding all games.So when it is a bilateral tournament, India is not going to play against Pakistan or any other hostile country. And the BCCI has been doing it for the last 12 to 15 years. The Government has said that in multinational tournaments, whether it is cricket or football, we have to play. Otherwise, the federation will be banned by international federations. So we followed the policy of the Central Government.”

He also said the BCCI has give the team a bonus of Rs 21 crore.

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