Dehradun, Sept. 30 -- The very people who opposed India's participation in the T20 Asia Cup are now criticising the Indian cricket team for having targeted Pakistan in multiple ways on its way to victory. Prime Minister Modi's mention of Operation Sindoor while congratulating the team has been declared as inappropriate. Sanjay Raut of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena has declared the boycott of the PCB Chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, who insisted on handing out the Trophy to the winners, as hypocritical because the Indian team had shaken hands with him a few days earlier.

It was certainly a gamble on the part of the BCCI to have participated in the Asia Cup, as a defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the final would have been greatly emb...