World Cup-winning former India cricketer Syed Kirmani has criticised current players from both India and Pakistan for their “rude and arrogant” gestures during the three India versus Pakistan games at the recently-concluded Asia Cup. Kirmani said that the “current era of cricket was absolutely depressing to him”.
“The way cricket is being played all around — I won’t like to take the names of the countries — by and large, there has been no gentleman-ness in the game. There have been very rude, arrogant gestures on the field… I’m getting messages from all over… The Indian team has done what? What politics is going on in the field? I’m ashamed to listen to the comments,” Kirmani said in an interview with ANI.
WATCH: Syed Kirmani’s interview
#WATCH | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Former Indian cricketer Syed Kirmani says, “The way cricket is being played all around…, there has been no gentleman-ness in the game. There have been very rude, arrogant gestures on the field… I’m getting messages from all over… The Indian… pic.twitter.com/YkM9P1CMGo
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“What’s happened to the current era of cricketers… What has happened at the Asia Cup is disgusting… These are the words that have come onto my messages… It is very depressing to me the way things are going on in the sporting field, particularly in cricket… It is not the right thing that has happened. Politics should not enter sports in general… Leave politics behind. Whatever has transpired away from the sporting field, leave it there itself. Don’t relate it to your winning amount or whatever you are earning from this great game of cricket. Don’t dedicate it to noble causes… Any noble cause, quite understandable, but do not relate it to the politics… In our time, cricketers had such wonderful camaraderie. Pakistani players coming to India, we’re going to Pakistan. What hospitality, what love, what affection… I have to put my head down as a cricketer,” Kirmani added.
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