Former Pakistan speedster Tanvir Ahmed dared Harbhajan Singh to send team India to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025 which is scheduled to start in February next year. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has yet to decide whether to send the team to Pakistan for the marquee event. He responded to India's World Cup-winning Harbhajan Singh's remarks for Pakistan. Harbhajan said that he doesn't think it is safe to go to Pakistan citing security concerns.
Tanvir Ahmed's Response for Harbhajan Singh
Tanvir also cited the example of the Pakistan cricket team saying they were not afraid to visit India for the 2023 ODI World Cup. Tanvir's response to dare team India for the Champions Trophy 2024 has gone viral on social media, here is the clip.
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"Sher hai hum log sher hai, hum log sher hai. Hum log tere mulk me aa ke khel ke gaye hai. Aake dikha....Hum toh kah rahe hai aake khelo. Security denge, sab kuch denge tum logon ko. Aa toh sahi ek dafaa [We are lions, we are lions. We came and played cricket in your country. Come here and show... We are inviting you to come and play. We will provide security, we will give you everything. Just come once]" he said.
"Yeh sirf Pakistan ke playeron ka kaam hai, bhai. Sirf Pakistan ke player aate hai aur khelke chale jaate hai. Chahe jeete, chahe haare, jis tarah ki cricket khele. Woh India jaake khelke wapas aaye the. Isko kahte hai ek daler team aur daler players [It's only the Pakistan players who do this. Only Pakistani players come and play and go back, regardless of winning or losing, and no matter how they play. They went to India and returned after playing there. This is what you call a brave team and brave players]" he said further.
Earlier, BCCI denied sending team India to Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023 citing security concerns and after that, the tournament was played in a hybrid mode where all India centeric matches were played in Sri Lanka. Now as Pakistan are again hosting a tournament there are speculations over India's chances of travelling to the neighbouring nation.
Team India are currently involved in a T20I series against Sri Lanka after T20Is the Men in Blue feature in a three-match ODI series against the same opponent scheduled to start from August 2.
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