'Pak deserves this punishment': Indian minister hails Bumrah's ‘fighter jet’ send off to Haris Rauf
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India, Pakistan Asia Cup match
Bumrah's gesture came after Rauf during the the Super Four match between the two teams a few days earlier, had mocked Indian fans by making a controversial 'war-related' gesture.
The controversy surrounding the India-Pakistan final at the Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday (Sep 28), where the Men in Blue beat their cricketing foe by five wickets, has got everybody involved, including Indian politicians. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi reacted to the victory by calling it "OperationSindoor on the games field", Union minister Kiran Rijiju reacted to pacer Jasprit Bumrah's now-viral 'plane down' gesture.
Taking to his x handle Rijiju hailed India's victory against it arch rival and bashed the Men in Green saying, "Pakistan deserves this punishment."
What happened during the match
Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah gave a ‘fighter jet’ send-off to Haris Rauf after breaking his off stump during the final of the Asia Cup.
In the 18th over, Bumrah clean bowled Rauf off a searing Yorker; after which he gave the Pakistani seamer a taste of his own medicine. During this innings, Rauf had scored just six runs, including a lucky boundary off an edge earlier in the same over.
Bumrah's gesture came after Rauf during the the Super Four match between the two teams a few days earlier, had mocked Indian fans by making a controversial 'war-related' gesture, rekindling the tensions between the two countries.
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Why the hostilities between both teams?
Early in April this year, several Pakistani-based terrorists killed 26 innocent lives in broad daylight in India’s Kashmir in the most barbaric attack on Indian soil since the 2019 Pulwama bombing.
India retaliated with Operation Sindoor a fortnight later, neutralising countless terror camps across PoK and Pakistan in precise air strikes, leading to heightened cross-border tensions.
Although a mutual agreement led to a ceasefire, the Indian government cut all diplomatic ties with Pakistan; the two countries and their respective boards, however, agreed to honour multi-team commitments, resulting in India and Pakistan sharing the same group and playing thrice in the 2025 Asia Cup.
Despite India and Pakistan facing each other as many as three times in this tournament, the Indian Team boycotted shaking hands with them.
