ISLAMABAD – Pakistan legendary batsman and former captain Javed Miandad hasvoiced against the Indian government’s atrocities being committed againstKashmiris as the cricket legend threatened to use a sword against them.
“Kashmiri brothers don’t worry. We are with you. Earlier, I used a bat tohit a six, now I can use this sword…If I can hit a sixer with a bat, can’tI kill a man with a sword,” Miandad says in a video that has gone viral.
Miandad was highlighting his memorable last ball six that he hit againstIndia at Sharjah in 1986, the sixer is considered one of the most iconicmoments in cricketing history.
Tensions have risen between neighbors India and Pakistan, after the Indiangovernment announced to scrap Article 370 from IoK. The Indian governmenthas since imposed a virtual lockdown in the contested region.
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Pakistani superstars and celebrities have been quite vocal expressing theirsolidarity with the people of Kashmir. Earlier, former captain ShahidAfridi blasted Indian premier Narendra Modi, saying that he would beremembered as Adolf Hitler in the annals of history.
“First of all it starts with me, how much I am willing to struggle for theKashmir cause, everyone knows about the atrocities being committed in thatregion,” said Afridi during his visit to the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam onFriday
