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Gambhir Bats For Having No Truck With Pakistan
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4/18/2025
This was Gautam Gambhir’s take on whether India should play Pakistan at the World Cup.
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I think jawans are far more important, lives are far more important than any cricket game.
00:25
My personal choice is that there is nothing wrong in forfeiting the game as well.
00:28
Two points are not that important.
00:29
Ultimately the country that's important, those 41 soldiers who have lost their lives are far more important than those two points.
00:35
But my point is that if India decides to forfeit those two points,
00:38
then the entire country should back the Indian cricket team even if they don't qualify for the semifinals.
00:42
Or in fact, even if India has to play Pakistan in the World Cup final,
00:45
if you let go of that World Cup final, I think the country should be ready for it.
00:49
Because there should not be any backlash where certain sections of society start saying that
00:53
you can't compare sports to politics and all that kind of stuff as well.
00:56
So I feel that my personal opinion, there is nothing wrong in forfeiting two points
00:59
because for me, I think jawans are far more important, lives are far more important than any cricket game.
01:03
All of us need to be on the same page.
01:05
All of us need to decide this, that is sports more important or lives are more important as well.
01:10
For me, I think as I just mentioned, I'm all for it.
01:13
If India has to face the backlash, even from the International Sporting Federation,
01:17
they should be absolutely prepared for it.
01:19
But there should not be any conditional ban that you stop.
01:23
India should not play Pakistan only in bilateral or there should be conditional bans as well.
01:27
So I think for me, I've already maintained this, that country is far more important,
01:31
the sentiment of this country is far more important than any other activity,
01:34
whether it's Bollywood, whether it's sports, whether it's art or anything or culture.
01:38
For me, I think country comes first.
01:40
So if we have to face that backlash, if we get boycotted in certain events or in other sports as well,
01:47
we should be absolutely ready to do that.
01:52
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