“No cricket With Killers: A Martyr’s Family’s Cry Against India-Pakistan Match” 🩸🏏
As the cricketing world turns its eyes to the high-voltage Asia Cup 2025 clash between india and pakistan, for many indians, the hype feels like a cruel joke. For families like that of Sawan Parmar, who lost his father and 16-year-old brother in the pahalgam terror attack, the very idea of india playing pakistan on the field reopens raw wounds. While fans celebrate, the bereaved are left asking: How can we celebrate cricket with those who send bullets across the border? Here’s why their anger and pain deserve to be heard.
1. “No Connection With Pakistan”
Sawan Parmar says it plainly: no sort of connection should remain with Pakistan. For those who lost loved ones in terror attacks, every handshake, every toss, and every partnership on the cricket field feels like a betrayal of their sacrifice.
2. The pahalgam Pain
Sawan’s father and 16-year-old brother were brutally killed in the pahalgam terror attack. His brother’s body, riddled with bullets, is the haunting memory he carries. Against such grief, the India-Pakistan cricket spectacle feels not like sport, but like salt rubbed into a wound.
3. “Bring Me Back My Brother”
His words cut deeper than any political speech: “If you want to play the match, bring me back my 16-year-old brother.” It is a cry that exposes the futility of normalising ties through cricket while terror continues to spill indian blood.
4. Operation Sindoor Questioned
For families like his, even the government’s military campaigns against terrorism feel hollow. “Operation Sindoor seems to be a waste now…” he says, voicing the anger of countless indians who feel abandoned when diplomacy and cricket take priority over justice.
5. Sport vs. Sacrifice
Fans argue cricket is “just a sport.” But for terror victims’ families, it’s not about bat and ball—it’s about dignity, justice, and national honour. Can we really clap for boundaries while graves are still fresh?
6. The Emotional Divide
For millions, india vs pakistan is entertainment. For victims’ families, it is betrayal. This divide isn’t about cricket—it’s about conscience.
7. A Match That Feels Like Mockery
Every run, every cheer today will echo differently for families like Sawan’s. For them, the match isn’t a sporting contest—it’s a painful reminder that their loved ones’ sacrifices are forgotten in the rush for spectacle.
🔥 Final Punchline: Until the day pakistan stops exporting terror, an India-Pakistan cricket match will never be “just a game.” For families torn apart by bullets, this clash of bats is nothing more than a betrayal dressed as entertainment.
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