Pakistan Team may be Targeted in India

[divya]

that would be a nightmare for TTP guys in such a scenerio as they are alredy getting enough bullets shoved in their a$$ by PA and USAF and then they will have one of the largest forces of the world chasing their A$$

 

[Archie]

guys no need to worry , 1000 CRPF men are deployed for security of 15 man Pakistani squad , add to that 2000 policemen from Punjab police and 200 NSG Comandos will be deployed in PCA stadium

 

[IceCold]

Rehman Malik maybe an idiot (no doubt in that) but being an interior minister i think he did the right job in informing his counterparts. Surely Pakistan would not want something bad to be happening to our team and also preventing a situation like the one happened post mumbai. Its now up to the Indian authorities to counter check and take adequate measures to protect the teams. Pakistan can do only so much.

 

[Luftwaffe]

Funny Rehman Malik and his presient and the rest of lot were saying BB was killed by Tehreek Taliban, then statement changed it was President Musharraf and his lot killing BB, I can even show you his interviews where he has recorded 4 different statements on the day BB got killed what happened where they went what was going on, that's how I've perceived Rehman Malik is nothing more than a hawaei fire.

 

[sanibhagwan]

Part of what I posted in another blogspace just now. Related to this.

I think the Indian cricket spectators are the most intolerant, the most racist, the most partisan, the most violent of any cricket playing nation in the world.

You would see a stark contrast to how well we Pakistanis treated the Indian team when visiting Pakistan in the last decade when compared with the ‘Aalo’ ‘Aalo’ chants when Inzimam was on field inside India. Heck, your spectators even boo-eed Tendulkar because he did not perform that well in a few innings against Pakistan inside India. I also remember some saner Indians in the blogspace apologizing for Indian spectators’ lack of good manners.

So why am I brining this up now?

Because I am genuinely afraid for the safety of the Pakistani team while inside India. Especially if/when Pakistan beats India in the Semi. I think the Pakistani team has walked into a den of….

It is most unfortunate to stereotype the whole of India just by a couple of incidents.

Let me take this opportunity to quote Javed Miandad about chennai crowd during the peak of hostilities between India and Pakistan.

One could well echo the views of a visiting journalist when he wrote in January 1980 "Best wicket, ideal press box and world's most knowledgeable crowd. Could not all Tests be played here?." Javed Miandad said it in two words. 'Salaam Chennai' the then Pakistan coach wrote in his column after the Chepauk crowd gave the Pakistan team a standing ovation as they took a victory lap on winning the first Test at the ground in January 1999 by 12 runs. The spectators hiding their disappointment at the home team having lost an excruciatingly close game spontaneously rose to cheer India’s arch rival. For them all that mattered was that it was a keenly fought contest with a pulsating denouement and Pakistan displaying admirable fighting qualities from a losing position had come back from the dead to complete an exciting victory. Not for nothing has the Chepauk crowd been hailed as the most sporting and knowledgeable in the country

Chepauk has a hoary history and tradition| Expert Cricket Columns - Yahoo! Cricket

 

[Meengla]

@Sanibhagwan,
I stand by what I said above. I think there may have been a few good instances of the Indian crowd but, on the whole, past several years it has not been the same. I don't think I can forget the racism against the West Indian team, the pindrop silences when Pakistan (or anyone else, other than India, for that matter) performed well inside India. The boo-ing and utter insults. Sometimes to even Ganguly and Tendulkar. The disruptions of matches.... I think cricket commentators in general also point out the un-sporty behavior of the Indian crowd.
You guys have a problem there. It is not blaming the 'whole nation' of India. I am pointing finger toward the cricket spectators inside India. You guys have been made to put the 'Team India' on a very high pedastal. Sure, I too think the Indian team is currently probably the best, but a little humility and some consideration for the great gentlemanly sport of Cricket is not sufficiently present inside India.
Anyway, I hope I am proven wrong and if/when the Pakistani team wins in the Semi against India we see at least tolerance for Pakistan. I hope that there are no 'emotional' nutjobs in your security establishment who see it fit to harm the Pakistani players should a win for Pakistan come to pass; may be as a 'revenge' for Kargil or Mumbai.
PS. I too can copy and paste some articles which describe the partisan, racist, and rule behavior of the Indian crowd. But let's just hope that things are better in India. Let the 30th come and go without anything but great cricket.