Awww… did we hurt your little feelings by not shaking your hand? Is the little girl inside you crying herself to sleep every night over it?
Yes, you’re absolutely right—we have “damaged” your cricket. By refusing to play bilateral series with you, we’ve apparently denied you the opportunity to make the big money that comes with playing India. And somehow we’re also responsible for consistently beating you in multilateral events.
But by all means, please keep whining and blaming India for your board's incompetence. It’s certainly easier than admitting that Pakistan’s cricket problems are entirely of its own making.
Who told you our feelings are hurt?
However, shaking hands is expected before every sporting fixture. If everybody refused to shake our hands, that's a different matter.
It is a matter of professionalism and adherence to rules and regulations. Your government told you not to shake our hands, which constitutes undue governmental interference. Don't take my word for it though...
“We are aligned with the government and Board of Control for Cricket in India,”. oct 2025. SKYadav
ICC just stripped Sri Lanka of hosting rights for governmental interference. The same should be applied to Hindustan.
What makes Hindustan think that special rules may be applied or not applied for them alone?
Yes, Hindustan's governmental interference has harmed Pakistani cricket, but not for financial ends. You still beg to play us and fudge the schedule whenever a tournament comes around. Have you forgotten that you begged us to play you in the last world cup when we threatened a boycott? I would have proceeded to reject your vile little qom outright, purely for the demand you make to be exempted from rules everyone else follows. We do take money from this fixture that you beg to play against us.
The harm from Hindustan is by virtue of turning every tournament into a travel merry go round for Pakistan because of your refusal to play in Pakistan. We saw how it impacted Iran in the FIFA world cup. The same impact affects Pakistan. Beyond that, banning bilateral sporting exchanges is harmful, not financially, but in terms of simple maintenance of professionalism in any given sport.
And last, but not least, to AGAIN drag politics into sport by associating military actions with sporting performances is not something to be praised or even tolerated in a professional context. Try to play us at cricket without your prime minister considering it "revenge" for jet fighters lost in wartime.