Glad you finally came around to that. The earlier 1971-1978 boycott ( by both sides, BCCI and PCB ) was supposedly based on moral principles not money, I don't know why the great poet philosopher Foreign Minister ( and future Prime Minister) Atal Bihari Vajpayee called for a resumption of sporting ties when he met the Chief Martial Law Administrator General Zia ul Haque in 1977. So even back then moral principles could be shelved aside for money.
I don't know why either Baibers_1260 ji, but, as far as I know, there was very little money in cricket back in the 70s and even national cricket stars, at least in India, struggled to make a living purely from playing cricket, so it is possible the reason could be some sort of diplomatic rapprochement, and not just money.
Good. I won't get into a dispute over "facts". But your above statement contradicts your previous one, If the revenues from the Indian-Pakistan cricket matches are such a paltry fraction of the total T-20 revenues generated, then the BCCI can easily refuse to play Pakistan, or insist on Pakistan playing in India , such that Pakistan is forced to back out losing its ICC membership. The biggest question is why doesn't the BCCI take that stance when it is financially feasible and would be spectacularly popular amongst the Shiv Sena, RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal cadres who have declared they won't allow Pakistani players to set foot in India. A "win win " situation .
Like I said earlier, short of making it blatantly obviously that India wants to push Pakistan out and maintaining some facade of not acting like a bully, the BCCI is doing what it can to isolate Pakistan. India agreed to Pakistan not having to play ICC tournament matches in India in exchange for India not having to play
the Champions Trophy in Pakistan to not appear unreasonable and perhaps also because the cost benefit tradeoff was favourable in their calculus. The counter-question can also be raised as to why the Pakistani Board continues to tolerate provocative and humiliating behavior from India , like refusing to shake hands with Pakistani players and refusing to accept a trophy from Naqvi Sahab.
So is the popular opinion in Bangladesh against playing in India or for it ? I thought you said the "players association " were in favor of playing in India. If Tamim is an "Indian agent" why didn't the IPL induct him as a player under approval by the BCCI ? Same question goes for Lytton Das who according to you is pro-India ,
I really don't have any insight into popular opinion in Bangladesh, beyond what I read in the Daily Star. They have not really reported on general public opinion, but their reportage has been quite consistent that the players were unhappy with the BCB and in favour of playing the World Cup. As for inducting Tamim Sahab in the IPL, he is past his prime; the BCCI can't really force an IPL team to take on any player and I doubt the section of the people in India who are opposed to Bangladeshi players playing in the IPL would understand the nuances of who is pro-India and who is not.
My apologies. You may have inherent vision and audio issues or your YouTube browser has a problem I fail to see how you could miss "
clear and unambiguous or even vague threats against the Bangladeshi cricket team" Please watch the NDTV report again and see if you missed the "
clear and unambiguous or even vague threats against the Bangladeshi cricket team"
I probably do have inherent audio and vision issues and also a distaste for TV coverage of this sort, but I really could not find any clear and unambiguous threat against Bangladeshi players representing their national team in the World Cup. I could see that the "Shiv Sena in Gurugram", which is a fringe of the fringe element ,opposed Bangladeshi players ( they were probably ignorant that there was just one) participating in the IPL, but I was unable to make the leap from that to "clear and unambiguous " threats against the Bangladeshi national playing World Cup matches very far from Gurugram. I once again request you to clearly and unambiguously explain what these "clear and unambiguous " threats against the Bangladeshi national team playing in the World Cup were.
So the issue is religious not a sports venue dispute.
So what's the difference between Pakistan "killing Indian Hindus in Pahalgam " and Bangladesh killing Hindus in Dhaka ?
Why is India playing cricket matches with Pakistan? That too with Pakistan refusing to play in India and getting away with it.
Is that isolation of Pakistan?
Alternatively should Pakistan and Bangladesh stop playing matches ( all sporting links) because Muslims are regularly lynched in India ? India claims it has the "right to lynch " Muslims in India because they slaughter cows and eat beef and lynching Muslims in India is the internal affair of India.
Does India have to be lectured on protection of minorities by other nations?
I do not know the answer to these questions. I just explained what my interpretation of the Indian government's policies was. What I do know is that the public perception in India is that there is hope of an improved relationship with Bangladesh once the BNP government comes to power, which is considered inevitable in India. The perception about the relationship with Pakistan is different in the sense that no improvement is expected unless the Pakistani military is completely pushed out from decision-making and/or Pakistan is weakened so significantly that it has no option but to make peace on India's terms.
However, there is still hope in India that once Yunus is gone and a democratically elected government takes office in Bangladesh, relations will normalise at least to some extent. That is why India has refrained from taking measures that will escalate the situation, like banning overflights.
As they say "the train has left the station " Bangladesh is out of the T-20 and possibly ICC forever, So why are you waiting for Sheikh Hasina's return to Bangladesh?
Your ignorance of geography is profound.
Banning the overflights will result in a 5 hour flight to Agartala via Bagdogra. Every flight to Aizawl, Imphal, Tawang, Guwahsti will have to be routed through the "Chicken's Neck " .This is not to mention the overseas rail, road, and waterways links through the Brahmaputra delta.
There is still hope in Pakistan that once Hindutva is routed out of India after a disastrous nuclear confrontation the survivors whoever they are will be playing cricket again
I don't think anyone in India seriously expects Sheikh Hasina to come back to power. India is now backing the BNP as the alternative would be far worse for India.
As for the overflight issue, many Indin flights already avoid flying over Bangladesh even though it is the shortest route to avoid paying overflight fees and choose to fly over the chicken's neck corridor. The north east is not a significant proportion of the economy or air traffic, but you are correct that some routes would be quite severely affected and India will have to bear some costs. However, the costs on Bangladesh may be asymmetrically larger. Be that as may be, the hope is that it would not have to come to that and relations would at least improve after Yunus Sahab leaves even if they may not go back to what they were under Sheikh Hasina.
