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Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh has urged the Indian team to boycott the Pakistan match at the 2025 Asia Cup, rekindling the adage \u2018water and blood can\u2019t flow together\u2019. Harbhajan said that until India\u2019s bigger issues with Pakistan, i.e., killing of soldiers and civilian terrorist attacks, aren\u2019t resolved, cricket shouldn\u2019t matter, and each player should prioritize their \u2018duty\u2019 to the country before anything else.<\/p>\n

The backlash for India-Pakistan matches is at its peak since the Pahalgam attack in Kashmir and the following cross-border exchanges between the two countries, which cost the lives of several Indians. Harbhajan was part of the India Champions team in the World Championship of Legends, a private T20 league for retired cricketers, that, after facing fans\u2019 fury, forfeited two games against Pakistan to let them proceed to the final.<\/p>\n

However, soon after, it was announced that the 2025 Asia Cup would go ahead with India and Pakistan in the same group and set to play at most three matches against each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey need to understand what is important and what is not,” Harbhajan told The Times of India. <\/em>\u201cThis is as simple as that. For me, humare desh ka wo jawan jo sarhad par khada hua hai, unki families jo kayi baar unko nahi dekh paati hain, unki shahadat ho jaati hai, wo ghar wapas nahi laut paate hain \u2014 unki itni badi sacrifice hoti hai hum sabke liye. Toh ye to bahut chhoti si baat hai ki hum ek cricket match na chhod sakein<\/em> [For me, the soldier who stands on the border, whose family often doesn\u2019t get to see him, who sometimes sacrifices his life and never returns home \u2014 their sacrifice is so immense for all of us. Compared to that, this is a very small thing \u2014 that we can\u2019t even skip playing one cricket match. It\u2019s a very small matter].”<\/p>\n

India are the defending champions and the host of the tournament, which they will organise in the UAE to avoid the Pakistani team crossing the border to here.<\/p>\n

\u2018No one is bigger than the nation\u2019: Harbhajan to cricketers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s unclear whether the players can individually pull out of the match if the boards, the BCCI, and the PCB decide to go ahead with the game. But Harbhajan has urged them to keep the country first.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur government has the same stance, \u2018Khoon aur paani ek saath nahi beh sakte<\/em>.\u2019 (blood and sweat cannot co-exist). It cannot be the case that there\u2019s fighting on the border, tensions between the two nations, and we go to play cricket. Until these big issues are resolved, cricket is a very small matter. The nation always comes first. Whatever our identity is, it\u2019s because of this country. Whether you are a player, an actor, or anyone else \u2014 no one is bigger than the nation. The country comes first, and the duties we owe to it must be fulfilled. Cricket match na khelna bahut maamuli si cheez hai desh ke saamne<\/em> [Not playing a cricket match is nothing compared to the importance of the nation],” the former spinner said.<\/p>\n

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