Anurag Thakur enters a war of words with Javed Miandad

With the current cross-border political escalations moving ever so close to a boiling point, it seems as though the battle has been brought into the cricket arena as well. Anurag Thakur, the president of the BCCI and former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad were involved in a war of words over different social media platforms following India’s ‘surgical strike’ on the terror launch pads across the Line of Control.

Earlier, Miandad had stated his feelings about the events occurring at the provisional border between India and Pakistan. Replying in defence of his country, the president of the BCCI said that Miandad was in a state of shock for not having been able to get the better of India in his cricketing career.

Moreover, the fact of the matter remained that Pakistan had not gotten the better of India in the previous wars fought. Anurag Thakur also went on to highlight the wars fought between the two countries.

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“Pakistan is still not over the trauma inflicted by India in the wars of 1965, 1971 and Kargil. Same with Miandad who also remains to be in shock for not being able to beat India even once in World Cup history. If needed, India will make Pakistan bite the dust again, whether it is on the battlefield or cricket field,” Thakur, said.

He is also a Member of Parliament with the Bharatiya Janta Party and went on to publically ask Miandad to tell former underground don Dawood Ibrahim to come back to India so that there is a civil trial. Earlier last year, Miandad’s son wed Dawood Ibrahim’s daughter.

“If Miandad is so confident about his own people, he should tell Dawood to come back to India. Why doesn’t he do that? We have always defeated Pakistan and will do so again in the future,” Thakur added.

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