India, Sept. 13 -- The Shiv Sena on Saturday slammed Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray's opposition to the India-Pakistan cricket match and claimed that the two countries had played the game amid tense relations when the Congress was in power.

Sena's reaction comes after Thackeray stated that playing a cricket match with Pakistan is an insult to national sentiments, as Indian soldiers are sacrificing their lives on the borders.

"UBT (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) had no moral right to oppose the match. During the Congress era too, international cricket matches were played between India and Pakistan even when relations were tense," spokesperson of Eknath Shinde-led Sena and MP Naresh Mhaske told a news conference.

Thackeray, who abandoned...