{"id":7136,"date":"2025-08-22T10:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/ex-ind-cricketer-on-india-vs-pakistan-asia-cup-2025-match-what-do-they-want-to-achieve-by-playing-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:05:36","slug":"ex-ind-cricketer-on-india-vs-pakistan-asia-cup-2025-match-what-do-they-want-to-achieve-by-playing-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/ex-ind-cricketer-on-india-vs-pakistan-asia-cup-2025-match-what-do-they-want-to-achieve-by-playing-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-IND Cricketer On India Vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 Match: &#8216;What Do They Want To Achieve By Playing?&#8217; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9521657\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-3cea4b2331e41d4a\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-3cea4b2331e41d4a\">August 22, 2025, 15:25 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9521657\" class=\"jsx-ff263f4b724d470d jsx-1530962366 asubttl-schema\">Manoj Tiwary questioned the India-Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 match, stressing human life over sports amid calls for boycott and ongoing tensions.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c artsharwrp\">\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c flwonstk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en-btn\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"margin:0 12px 0 0\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/gogole-serarch-btn.svg\" alt=\"Click to add News18 as a preferred source on Google\" title=\"Click to add News18 as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"94px\" height=\"30px\" style=\"vertical-align:top\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-ff263f4b724d470d jsx-1530962366 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Doubt looms over India vs Pakistan clash at the Asia Cup\" title=\"Doubt looms over India vs Pakistan clash at the Asia Cup\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-ff263f4b724d470d jsx-1530962366\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Doubt looms over India vs Pakistan clash at the Asia Cup<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Ahead of the Asia Cup 2025, former Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwary expressed his surprise that the India-Pakistan clash is set to take place, especially after the Pahalgam terror attack.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">India will commence their campaign against the UAE on September 10, followed by the high-stakes match against Pakistan on September 14, both in Dubai. Their final group stage fixture will be against Oman on September 19 in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">The debate around whether the India-Pakistan match should occur has intensified, particularly after Indian legends skipped their matches against Pakistan in the World Championships of Legends (WCL) due to ongoing tensions. While some believe the match should proceed, given the multi-national nature of the tournament and the title at stake, a significant number advocate for a boycott.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><strong>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/cricket\/decks-cleared-for-india-vs-pakistan-asia-cup-2025-september-14-clash-but-ws-l-9519597.html\">Decks Cleared For India Vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 September 14 Clash, But\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">This sentiment is largely due to Operation Sindoor, launched in May by the Indian Armed Forces against Pakistan-backed terror groups following the Pahalgam attack on April 22. The operation resulted in targeted strikes against terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, killing over 100 terrorists from groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen.<\/p>\n<h2>What Did Manoj Tiwary Say About India vs Pakistan?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">In an interview with ANI, Manoj Tiwary remarked, \u201cI am a little surprised that this match is going to happen\u2026 After the Pahalgam attack, in which so many innocent civilians were killed, and then the war that followed, a lot of talk was going on that this time we will give a befitting reply. Despite this, after a few months, everything has been forgotten\u2026 I find it hard to believe that this match is happening, that the value of a human life can be zero. What do they want to achieve by playing with Pakistan?\u2026 The value of a human life should be more than sports\u2026 There is no question of me watching the match at all\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><strong><em>(With inputs from ANI)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"authorimg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/ritayan-basu-16281.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Ritayan Basu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com. Has been covering domestic and and international football for nearly a decade. Has played and covered badminton. Ocassionally writes on cricket content, ha&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com. Has been covering domestic and and international football for nearly a decade. Has played and covered badminton. 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Doubt looms over India vs Pakistan clash at the Asia Cup Ahead of the Asia Cup 2025, former Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwary expressed his surprise that the India-Pakistan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}