Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi wanted to sound like an intellectual but as her statements on the upcoming India vs. Pakistan World Cup match are going viral, the internet is like "Kehna kya chahte ho?"

 

This comes as the Shiv Sena leader decided to respond to Union Minister Anurag Thakur’s comments that no bilateral cricketing series will take place between India and Pakistan until Islamabad pulls the plug on terrorism.

 

In the wake of the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, Thakur issued a clarification that BCCI had decided much earlier that they wouldn’t engage with Pakistan’s cricket team in bilateral series until there is an end to terrorism, cross-border attacks, and infiltration.

 

 

 

Chaturvedi responding to this asked if the World Cup match between India and Pakistan that is scheduled to be played in Ahmedabad in mid October be considered bilateral and cancelled in respect of the sentiment of the nation. She further added that BCCI should clarify and so should Thakur being a minister.

 

This tweet of Chaturvedi had internet questioned saying that she lacks knowledge on matters related to cricket and English or is she just adamant against the present regime.

 

"Will the World Cup Match between the two scheduled to be held in Ahmedabad be considered bilateral and be cancelled in respect of the sentiment of the nation? He should clarify that as a minister and so should BCCI," she posted.

 

 

 

It should be noted that the cricket World Cup scheduled in India later this year is an ICC tournament, a multi-nation contest where cricketing teams from across the world participate in this event that takes place once in every four years. India and Pakistan are clubbed under the same group by the ICC, and the two team would lock horns in Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad on October 14.

 

So, the match between India and Pakistan cannot be considered as bilateral since the two nations are playing in a multi-lateral tournament that is governed by the apex cricketing body, ICC.

 

So, internet is now asking Chaturvedi seems to have little understanding of what bilateral means or the difference between a bilateral series and multinational tournament.

 

The story doesn't end here.

 

A user on X, formerly known as Twitter, mocked Priyanka asking her to refer to an Oxford Dictionary to know what ‘bilateral’ means.

 

Responding to this, Chaturvedi goes on ranting about anything and everything. She claimed that the Union Minister had lied about Asia Cup when he said the last time India and Pakistan played a bilateral series was in 2012-2013 and since then the two teams have faced-off only in ICC and Asia Cup events. She further said that India had last toured Pakistan in 2006.

 

Chaturvedi then goes on to cite BCCI secretary Jay Shah who had said in August that India wouldn’t be touring Pakistan for the Asia Cup if their matches are held in Pakistan. India agreed to be a part of Asia Cup only when it was agreed upon by the participating nations to conduct a hybrid model with India’s matches being played in Sri Lanka.

 

 

 

 

A bilateral series in cricketing parlance means cricket teams of two boards clashing with each other at a mutually agreed venue, with no involvement of any other third party.

 

 

The Asia Cup is governed by the Asian Cricket Council, with Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and other associate nations being part of it besides India and Pakistan. Similarly, the World Cup is governed by the International Cricket Council, which encompasses all cricket-playing nations from across the world, including Australia, South Africa, West Indies, England, etc.

 

Nevertheless, India still has an option of opting out of playing Pakistan in their World Cup clash, but in that case, the match does not get cancelled. India will have to forfeit their contest, which means Pakistan will be declared the winner even without playing the match, besides the penalty the ICC could impose on BCCI for abandoning the competition.

 

This is the primary reason why the BCCI’s team has been playing against Pakistan cricket team in multination tournament since the strained relationship between the two countries since the Mumbai 2008 attacks.

 

However, Priyanka Chaturvedi has little understanding of cricket and English too. It is time that she visit the school again and pay attention in her classes.