'India vs Pakistan Asia Cup match nahi hoga daava hai': Ex-CSK star recalls Operation Sindoor - WATCH
Image credit: AFPGo Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Kedar Jadhav has made a bold claim regarding the much-anticipated India vs Pakistan clash in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025. While cricket fans across the world are eagerly waiting for the high-voltage encounter, Jadhav believes the match will not take place at all.Speaking on the matter, the former Chennai Super Kings all-rounder said: "I think the Indian team should not play at all. As far as India is concerned, I think that wherever India plays, it will always win, but this match should not be played at all, and they will not play. I can say this with confidence ... Operation Sindoor is a hit, it is successful..."India are drawn in Group A alongside Oman, hosts United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan. Group B features Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka. The tournament begins on September 9, with India scheduled to face arch-rivals Pakistan on September 14 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.Earlier, legendary spinner Harbhajan Singh also didn’t mince words when asked if India should boycott Pakistan in the Asia Cup "Khoon aur paani ek saath nahi beh sakte. Hum unko itni importance kyun dete hain? [Why do we give them so much importance?]," Harbhajan told TimesofIndia.com.Harbhajan was part of the recently concluded World Championship of Legends (WCL), where India Champions refused to play Pakistan Champions in both the group stage and the semi-final. The squad — featuring stalwarts like Shikhar Dhawan, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, and Yusuf Pathan — took this stand in the wake of the gruesome Pahalgam terror attack.For Harbhajan, “nation comes first,” and he believes the Suryakumar Yadav-led Indian team should also refuse to play the neighbours."They need to understand what is important and what is not. This is as simple as that. For me, humare desh ka wo jawan jo sarhad par khada hua hai, unki families jo kayi baar unko nahi dekh paati hain, unki shahadat ho jaati hai, wo ghar wapas nahi laut paate hain — unki itni badi sacrifice hoti hai hum sabke liye. Toh ye to bahut chhoti si baat hai ki hum ek cricket match na chhod sakein [For me, the soldier who stands on the border, whose family often doesn’t get to see him, who sometimes sacrifices his life and never returns home — their sacrifice is so immense for all of us. Compared to that, this is a very small thing — that we can’t even skip playing one cricket match. It’s a very small matter]," Harbhajan told TimesofIndia.com in an exclusive interview.
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