No handshake between India, Pakistan captains earlier than T20 World Cup match

Sport is about competing exhausting whereas retaining its important spirit centred round grace. Shaking fingers with an opponent is a primary part of any sporting endeavour. Even when India in opposition to Pakistan on the cricketing turf, is seen as warfare minus the taking pictures, a sure etiquette was in vogue till the current years.

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Nonetheless, that heat trait has been discarded as Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav prevented shaking fingers together with his Pakistani counterpart Salman Agha on the toss, forward of the ICC T20 World Cup Group A match right here on the R. Premadasa Stadium on Sunday. This aversion to a sporting custom was first revealed final yr when India competed in opposition to Pakistan within the Asia Cup within the United Arab Emirates.

Clearly there have been directions from the very best ranges of administration and the Males in Blue are maybe following that. It’s ironical that when Wasim Akram and Harbhajan Singh can hug and shake fingers as commentators, their successors appear to be caught in a political slugfest.