{"id":93449,"date":"2025-08-26T07:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/93449\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T07:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:45:19","slug":"india-vs-pakistan-at-asia-cup-cross-border-tensions-still-persist-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/93449\/","title":{"rendered":"India vs Pakistan at Asia Cup: &#8216;Cross-border tensions still persist&#8217; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/123500224.jpg\" alt=\"India vs Pakistan at Asia Cup: 'Cross-border tensions still persist'\" title=\"The Congress has made it clear that the Indian team shouldn't play matches against Pakistan in light of the recent bilateral tensions (Photo by Ryan Lim\/Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>The Congress has made it clear that the Indian team shouldn&#8217;t play matches against Pakistan in light of the recent bilateral tensions (Photo by Ryan Lim\/Getty Images) Congress\u2019s deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, has appealed to the BCCI to reconsider India\u2019s scheduled <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/asia-cup\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Asia Cup<\/a> match against Pakistan in light of recent hostilities. India and Pakistan are set to meet in a group stage fixture on September 14 in Dubai. Gogoi, however, argued that playing cricket at this juncture would \u201cappear contrary to the national interest\u201d given the fallout of the Pahalgam terror attack.<\/p>\n<p>EXCLUSIVE: India to boycott Pakistan in Asia Cup? Harbhajan Singh says, &#8216;Khoon aur paani ek saath nahi beh sakte&#8217;<\/p>\n<p> In a letter addressed to BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia and released to the press, Gogoi wrote, \u201cWhile cricket has always been a sport that brings joy among people, in the context of current India and Pakistan relations, such engagements should not be prioritised over national interest.\u201d The Assam Congress president reminded the board of India\u2019s diplomatic efforts to hold Pakistan accountable, including sending delegations abroad. He also recalled the Prime Minister\u2019s stance after the attack in Jammu and Kashmir, saying, \u201cEven our Honourable Prime Minister mentioned that water and blood cannot flow together.\u201d Gogoi stressed the sacrifices of Indian soldiers, insisting that \u201ccross-border tensions still persist\u201d and that sports cannot be seen in isolation. \u201cEngaging with Pakistan at this stage sends out a message that undermines the sentiments of the people of India who stand firmly against any compromise on national security,\u201d the Jorhat MP said, as quoted by PTI. He further noted Pakistan\u2019s decision to withdraw from a hockey event in India citing security concerns, arguing that cricket ties in such circumstances could \u201cdilute the seriousness of national concerns regarding security and diplomacy.\u201d Calling for a firm stand, Gogoi urged the BCCI to \u201cavoid cricketing engagements with Pakistan until conditions are favourable and conducive to the nation\u2019s interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Should the BCCI reconsider India&#8217;s match against Pakistan in the Asia Cup?<\/p>\n<p>In the upcoming Asia Cup, India and Pakistan will meet once, which is certain, and could play each other up to three times if they win their respective games in the later stages of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Congress has made it clear that the Indian team shouldn&#8217;t play matches against Pakistan in light of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[17849,46447,46452,46453,1721,16326,46451,46450,46449,46448,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-93449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-asia-cup","tag-asia-cup-india-pakistan","tag-congress-ind-pak","tag-congress-india-pakistan","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-news","tag-ind-pak-congress","tag-ind-pak-fixture","tag-ind-pak-match","tag-india-pakistan-match","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}