India, Sept. 13 -- Amid growing calls to boycott the upcoming India-Pakistan cricket match in the Asia Cup 2025, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that India's opposition has historically been to bilateral cricketing ties, not multilateral tournaments.

"Our problem has always been with bilateral cricket matches, and I don't think we have ever had a problem with the multilateral part of large tournaments... You can't wish away what happens," Omar Abdullah said in a briefing, according to ANI.

"My part of the country has been the direct victim... We all saw what happened in Pahalgam. These are real concerns that we have," he added.

Demands to boycott cricket ties with Pakistan have intensified since the 22 A...