Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad is on the receiving end of hard and fast-lined criticism from the Indian Cricket fans for his latest remarks on Team India and the Indian cricket Board. Javed Miandad made this statement on the Indian cricket Board for their call on not touring Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023.
"India can go to hell if they don't want to come to Pakistan to play cricket. Pakistan does not need India to survive," said Javed Miandad in a public event.
“Come and play. Why don’t they? They run. For them, it becomes trouble if they come here and lose to us. The public there can’t stomach it. It’s always been the case. During our time, they used to not play because of the same reason. Riots and fighting take place there. The crowd there is very nasty. You would’ve seen whenever India loses, to anyone, the crowd there burns down houses. When we used to play, they had faced such troubles,” he added later.
Although these comments from the former Pakistan skipper and one of the legendary batters of his time didn’t go down well with the Indian Cricket fans. They took to Twitter and slammed the 60-year-old for the derogatory language he used for Indian Cricket.
Here’s how fans reacted:
We Indians admire Javed Miandad and other great Pakistani cricketers, but this language was not expected from Javed
— Markandey Katju (@mkatju) February 6, 2023
Ek toh Javed Miandad ke serious comments bhi uski aawaz mai padhke hassi aati hain.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) February 6, 2023
Ye do hindustan hai.. hamaale cshaath khelna kyu nhi tahta..
— LillyPotterkaPremi (@Arjun_800) February 6, 2023
Hume koi falq nhi palta.
Respected Mr. Javed Miandad Sir Aap Bhul Rahe Hai Ki Aapka Jo Bhikhari Board Hai Wo India Ki Funding Se Chalta Hai. Basically Aapka Board Hmare Tukdo Par Chalta Hai Uski Izzat Kare Warna Aapke Board Ka Allah Hi Hafeez Hai
— تس 🇮🇳 (@TasneemKhatai) February 5, 2023
Agar india ne funding baand kaar di na pakistan ko toh pakistan dub jayega,uske jyada match nahi honge....
— EMPEROR ASHOKA (@HdhsgsNshsgs) February 5, 2023
India doesn't want to go to hell that's why we refused to travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup 😂😂
— Zimbabar Azambwe (@Azam_says) February 5, 2023
🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/15FtY3Xajk
— LastOver BeforeDrinks (@LastoverB) February 5, 2023
🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/15FtY3Xajk
— LastOver BeforeDrinks (@LastoverB) February 5, 2023
It is better to go to hell than going to Pakistan (beggars), तुम्हारे पास चाय पिने के पैसे नाही हैं और Asia Cup Organize करना है 🤣🤣🤣
— Suraj Sawat (@SurajSawat11) February 6, 2023
In his statement, Javed Miandad also talked about how the cricket’s governing body should immediately remove the teams like India to set an example for other teams.
“They are bet losers. The public there needs to understand. Cricket is a sport. If you don’t play well, you deserve to lose. If I play well, I deserve to win. Rather you go into other things. What good is that? I say this to the governing body, if anyone does resort to such ways, they need to be strict. If you’re in India, so what? If any country behaves this way, governing needs to take action. Such teams should be removed to learn a lesson,” said Miandad for the Indian Cricket team.