Three days after at least 40 CRPF personnel were killed in a bomb attack in Pulwama, the IS Bindra PCA Stadium in Mohali removed 15 photos of Pakistani cricketers including Javed Miandad, Shahid Afridi and Wasim Akram put up on its premises. In 2011, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his then Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani had watched the World Cup semi-final that Pakistan lost, at the stadium. “As a cricketer, I believe nothing can be above the country and if PCA has taken this decision, we support it. AdvertisingFormer Indian cricketer and selector Bhupinder Singh Senior said, “BCCI, is one of world’s richest bodies. That would have been the biggest support to the grieving families and to honour our Armed Forces.”

Source: Indian Express February 18, 2019 03:33 UTC