Shashi Tharoor calls for playing Pakistan in World Cup 2019, says it's a 'defeat without fight' in forfieting the match

Post the Pulwama terror attack, there have been calls for the isolation of Pakistan in all manners including diplomatic, economic, strategic and sports as well.

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Shashi Tharoor on Thursday stirred a new row over the cancellation of the India-Pakistan Match in the cricket World Cup 2019 saying that 'forfeiting the match against Pakistan would be worse than surrender and termed it as 'a defeat without a fight'.

Post the Pulwama terror attack, there have been calls for the isolation of Pakistan in all manners including diplomatic, economic, strategic and sports as well. The cancellation of the India-Pakistan match in the 2019 Cricket World Cup has also been considered. 

In a post on social media,  Mr Tharoor said that at the height of the 1999 Kargil War, India played Pakistan in the cricket World Cup, and won.''
''Reminder: at the height of the 1999 Kargil War, India played Pakistan in the cricket World Cup, & won. To forfeit the match this year would not just cost two points: it would be worse than surrender, since it would be defeat without a fight,''Tharoor said in a tweet.

The remarks by the Congress leader come amid an increasing call for cancellation of the India-Pakistan match in the 2019 Cricket World Cup. There is even a call seeking a ban on Pakistan at the upcoming World Cup.


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