India, Sept. 12 -- Former India captain Kapil Dev had a simple message for Suryakumar Yadav and his team ahead of the upcoming Group A match against Pakistan in the 2025 Asia Cup. The 1983 World Cup winner asked the Indian squad to just focus on "doing their job" amid the growing boycott calls. Ever since the Asia Cup schedule was announced, there has been a debate about whether India should have agreed to face Pakistan after what happened in Pahalgam, where 26 tourists lost their lives in a terrorist attack.

As the Group A fixture draws closer, calls continue to grow in India for the BCCI to pull the plug on the contest, keeping national sentiments in mind. However, recently, BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia stated that the match would go ...