'No India vs Pakistan bilateral matches until terrorism ends', asserts Thakur
Updated On: 15 September, 2023 08:54 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Anantnag encounter: India and Pakistan haven`t played a series since 2012-13, following which bilateral cricket has been suspended due to heightened diplomatic tensions between the two neighbours
Anurag Thakur, IND vs PAK (Pic: AFP)
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur asserted that any bilateral series of cricket between India and Pakistan would not be held until the latter puts an end to `terrorism` following the Anantnag encounter on Thursday.
"BCCI had decided much earlier that we would not play bilateral matches with Pakistan until they put an end to terrorism, cross-border attacks and infiltration. I think the sentiments of the country and of the public are also the same," Thakur told reporters. This comes after three top Indian security personnel were recently killed in a gunfight in Anantnag`s encounter with Pakistan-based terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir which has enraged the entire country.
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