New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has called out the Indian cricket team for not shaking hands with Pakistani players in the past six months whenever these two teams played against each other at a big stage, terming this as 'silly thing' as India are set to clash with Pakistan in their next group-stage clash of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 in Colombo on Sunday.

The 60-year-old Indian commentator on Sunday tweeted on X, "This 'no shaking hands' is such a silly thing that India has started. It's unbecoming of a nation like ours. Either play properly within the spirit of the game or don't play at all."

Following the attack in Pahalgam in April last year and rising tensions between the two nations, the senior...