Former Pakistan national cricket team player Basit Ali revealed his experiences on a visit to India when he traveled with the women’s team in 2016. He spoke about how they were not even kept in the hotel and were not given proper breakfast. Indian board.
India and Pakistan have been in the news lately. This is because the Men in Blue denied traveling to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The BCCI cited security reasons for not traveling and has raised the demand to play the tournament in a hybrid model.
This has not gone down well with many in Pakistan as many pundits and fans have criticized the BCCI for its decision.
Now that the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be played in a hybrid model, the Indian Board has faced a lot of criticism, with many former Pakistan cricketers expressing their disappointment at not seeing players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and others play. in Pakistan.
One of those who have expressed disappointment over the same is Basit Ali. The former Pakistan national cricket team player recalled how he was treated when he accompanied the Pakistan women’s national cricket team to India in 2016.
Pakistan Cricket Board told us not to complain – Basit Ali
Basit Ali said that they had to wait for 6 hours on the bus and that no one knew which bus the team girls were traveling on. He also spoke about the bad experience of the rooms and revealed that the Pakistan Cricket Board had told him so. PCB) so as not to complain. Speaking to a news channel, he explained:
“I went to India with the women’s team in 2016. I will tell you what happened to us there. We were hidden inside buses for 6 hours at the Delhi airport. We were forced to travel at night. Nobody knew which bus we were on. The daughters They were sitting.
“There was no hotel where we stayed. There were rooms outside the stadium where we stayed. There were no lockers. When we had breakfast in the morning, the Pakistan Cricket Board told us not to complain. We knew how we were staying.” “.
We heard gunshots, our daughters were scared – Basit Ali
Basit Ali further revealed that David Richardson also joined them and he too was taken aback by the way they were staying in India. They also talked about how they heard gunshots in their camp. He added:
“One day, Dave Richardson came, he stayed with us. He used to run with us at night. When he saw us having breakfast, he ran away. He said, how are you staying here? I told him to ask the BCCI. And for the night we heard gunshots. There was a lot of security at the academy. Even after that, our daughters used to say: did you hear the gunshots awake? Even after that, he never complained.
We couldn’t go out – Basit Ali
Basit Ali further, while talking about the same, stated that they could not go out and their only source of entertainment was playing Ludo and Carrom. He explained:
“The Pakistan Cricket Board told us not to complain. Our president came there. We told her that was the case. She told us to play matches. Do you know what our entertainment was there? Play Ludo or carrom board. Because we couldn’t We never said it, but the sound of gunshots at night was very dangerous. He concluded.
If you have time, listen patiently and you will understand what former Pakistani cricketer Basit Ali and others like him really think about India. Sawera Pasha and Imran also have their own YouTube channels, where they act completely differently. While they talk negatively about… pic.twitter.com/kLTacKwPBa
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