Suniel Shetty says India-Pakistan Asia Cup match isn’t in BCCI’s hands

India’s Asia Cup 2025 match against Pakistan has infuriated many fans. Many have censured the BCCI for not distancing India from the tournament.

Reportedly, the India-Pakistan cricket match scheduled on Sunday at 8:00 pm has emerged as a debatable topic with several politicians and even the families of terror victims calling for a boycott of the match. Many censured the BCCI for not distancing India from the tournament, due to the recent Pahalgam terror attack.

Now, Hindi cinema’s veteran ⁴actor Suniel Shetty opines on the matter and articulating that the cricketers cannot be blamed for playing the game as they are ‘expected to represent the country’.

As per Suniel Shetty it is a personal call to watch or not to watch the Indo-Pak match.

Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Suniel said, “It’s a world sporting body. They have to abide by those rules and regulations because there are a lot of other sports and a lot of athletes who are involved in them. As Indians, he thinks that is our personal call that we have to take, whether we want to see it, whether we don’t want to see it, whether we want to go or not go. That’s a call India has to take.”

Adding it isn’t in the hands or discretion of BCCI. Certainly, cricketers cannot be blamed for playing because they are sportsmen, they are expected to represent the country. It’s a call that India has to take. It’s a world sporting body and you can’t blame anybody.
The controversy has its roots in the Pahalgam terror attack, which took the lives of 26 civilians near Pahalgam in April this year. In reaction to the attack, the Indian army launched Operation Sindoor, with missile strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and PoK.

Meanwhile, Pakistan also responded with cross-border shelling and drone attacks, with both countries reaching a ceasefire on May 10.
The India-Pakistan match in Dubai will be their first encounter since that deadly escalation.
News Edit KV Raman