Asia cup: The 17th edition of the Asia Cup is being held in two UAE cities-Budhbi and Dubai. The largest match between India and Pakistan will be played in Dubai on Sunday (14 September). But there is a lot of resentment among Indian fans on allowing India-Pakistan match in the Asia Cup after 26 innocent terrorists were killed by terrorists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Indo-Pak match boycott trend is happening on social media.
People’s anger can be gauged from the fact that all the tickets of the match could not be sold. Indian fans are constantly demanding the cancellation of the match from the government and the BCCI. However, this is not the first time that controversy over the Asia Cup arises. 39 years ago, something similar happened in the year 1986. At that time, India had boycot from the entire tournament itself. Let us know why the Indian team took this decision.
Why did India do Boycott?
The first version of the Asia Cup was held in the UAE in 1984. At that time, three teams were included in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In 1984, the final match of the Asia Cup took place between India and Pakistan. In which India won the first season of the Asia Cup by defeating Pakistan. This was followed by the second edition of the Asia Cup in 1986. At that time there was a war going on in Sri Lanka. In view of the safety of the players, the Government of India ordered the BCCI not to send the Indian team there. After which India boycotted the tournament.
After leaving India’s tournament, a new team descended to play Asia Cup. She was a Bangladesh cricket team. Who had never played an ODI match till that time. In the Asia Cup 1986, Bangladesh made her ODI debut. Where he faced Pakistan in the first match itself. Bangladesh scored only 95 runs in the match.
At the same time, Pakistan won the match in 32 overs. At the same time, the Bangladesh team scored 131 runs with Sri Lanka, which Sri Lanka achieved in 31 overs and won the match. Sri Lanka and Pakistan face to face in the final. In which Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup title for the first time by defeating Pakistan.
