“Don’t Play Cricket with Pakistan”: Virat Kohli’s U19 Teammate Demands Boycott After Pahalgam Terror Attack
Shreevats Goswami urges India to completely boycott cricket with Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack.
India’s cricketing circles were left shaken after the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 26 civilians. Among those who spoke out was former India U19 cricketer Shreevats Goswami, who strongly urged the Indian government and BCCI to completely cut cricketing ties with Pakistan.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Goswami posted an emotional and fiery message, slamming those who still advocate sporting relations with Pakistan.
“And this is exactly why I say – you don’t play cricket with Pakistan. Not now. Not ever. When BCCI or the government refused to send India to the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, some had the audacity to say, ‘Oh, but sport should rise above politics.’ Murdering innocent Indians seems to be Pakistan’s national sport and India should respond with zero tolerance and not with bats and balls,” he wrote.
Goswami, who had recently visited Pahalgam and experienced its calm, said the attack felt personal. While India has not played a bilateral series against Pakistan since 2012–13, the two sides still meet in ICC events.
