Camouflaging The Real Issue

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has tried desperately and in vain to hold the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) accountable for their loss of face and alienation of cricket...

- Sreelata S. Yellamrazu

Sometimes it is hard to see past the fact that some of the accusations being made appear more like projections rather than reasonable reactions. The recent statement by Ehsan Mani, of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), about the Pakistan response to the Indian team fielding in Ranchi with the camouflage cap, is one such case.

Pakistan have reasons to be worried. Political connotations, terrorism fears and a bleak financial cauldron have made them insecure over the past decade. The recent Pulwama attack on India’s army personnel did not help Pakistan’s cause to bring full-fledged cricket back home for the simple reason of the cross border infiltration that has alienated India despite the earlier stance of cricket and politics not mixing.