A row is brewing in cricket after the Indian cricket team played its third ODI by donning "camouflage caps" to pay tribute to the soldiers died in Pulwama attack.
Players and support staff of the Indian Cricket team wore special camouflage caps against Australia to pay tribute to the soldiers who died in the suicide attack in Pulwama, in Indian-administrated Kashmir on February 14, 2019.
Pakistan's Cricket Board (PCB) has written to the ICC to take action against India's cricket board, the BCCI.
PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani told reporters in Karachi, "We have made our point very strongly to the ICC which now has no doubts or confusion about our intention or stance now on this matter."
He said that Pakistan's stance is very clear that cricket must not be used for politics.
India's captain Virat Kohli, right, and teammate Dhoni sport camouflage caps during India vs Australia match. Source: AAP Image/AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi
The cricketers were presented with the cap before the start of the third match at Ranchi, by former India Captain and honorary rank holder of Lieutenant Colonel in Indian Army, MS Dhoni.
Indian captain Virat Kohli attended the toss wearing the special cap and said, "This is the special cap, it's a tribute to the Armed forces."
Not only did India's cricketers wear the special "camouflage caps" but they also donated their entire fees of the third match to the families of the soldiers died in the attack.
"We're all donating our match fees of this game to the families of the martyrs. I urge everyone in the country to do the same and stick to the families of our armed forces," said Virat Kohli.
Earlier, Pakistan Minister Fawad Chaudhary has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to take action against the BCCI and Indian team for donning the caps and politicising the game.
Mr Chaudhary took Twitter to express his opposition and urged the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) to lodge a formal protest against the BCCI with the sport's governing body, the ICC.
Cricket fans also expressed their views on twitter asking ICC to allow Pakistan to wear Army camouflage caps against India in the World Cup 2019.
But, the move was welcomed by former English captain Michael Vaughan along with other cricketers.
According to a report published in India Today, the BCCI has said that every year during any One-Day International game, the Indian team would be donning the army caps as a mark of the respect for the armed forces.
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