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News India Live, Digital Desk: World championship of legends semi-final: Cricket lovers are once again on the semi-finals of the World Championship of Legends WCL, where arch-rivals India and Pakistan will be face to face. However, a big controversy has arisen before this high-voltage match: will the Indian players once again refuse to enter against Pakistan, and will you risk getting out of the tournament?
India has made it to the semi -finals after a bang over the West Indies, but now the question is arising whether the Indian team adorned with former players will boycott the match this time due to political tensions, as in the league stage. In the World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025, India had earlier refused to play their group stage match against Pakistan, resulting in the match canceled and both teams got one point each. Veterans like Indian players Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina also decided to withdraw from that match. Shikhar Dhawan maintained his decision and said that if the semi -finals against Pakistan come, he will not play again. ,[
This situation has become even more sensitive in view of the deteriorating diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack. Meanwhile, Easemytrip, one of the leading sponsors of the tournament, has withdrawn its participation from the India-Pakistan semi-final match. Easemytrip co-founder Nishant Pitti said in a public statement that “terror and cricket cannot run together,” and the company nation is maintained on its policy of being first. ,[
This situation is also raising questions about whether there is discrepancy in India’s sports policy in unilateral matches and multi-holding tournaments. While the players had distanced the distance from the WCL league match, the BCCI has received approval from the government to play against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025. Veterans like former cricketers Danish Kaneria and Mohammad Azharuddin have also questioned India’s ‘double standards’. If India boycots the WCL semi -finals, there is a possibility that Pakistan will be declared the winner and sent to the finals, while India may be out of the tournament. The organizers have not yet commented on whether the match will be according to the scheduled schedule or not, so that this much awaited match is currently hanging in the balance.
