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The picture is from 2023, the Pakistan team was a runner-up in the Junior Asia Cup in Oman.
Pakistan’s team will come to India for the Junior Hockey World Cup. Hockey India general secretary Bhola Nath Singh said on Saturday, Pakistan has agreed to send its junior team for the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Junior Hockey World Cup to be held in Tamil Nadu.
The World Cup will be played in Madurai and Chennai in Tamil Nadu from 28 November to 10 December. On the other hand, Pakistan team refused to come to India for the ongoing Senior Hockey Asia Cup in India. The government there withdrew its name for security reasons.
India won the title of Junior Hockey Asia Cup for the fourth time in 2023. The team defeated Pakistan 2–1 in the final.
India-Pakistan Pool B After Pakistan’s withdrawal from the Hockey Asia Cup, there was uncertainty about Pakistan’s participation in the Junior Hockey World Cup. However, now after confirmation, the tournament will be able to take place on the scheduled schedule. India and Pakistan are placed in Pool B with Chile and Switzerland.
General Secretary spoke to Pakistan Hockey Federation Regarding Pakistan’s participation in the tournament, General Secretary Bhola Nath said that he spoke to the Pakistan Hockey Federation. They will send their junior team to India for the tournament.
Nath told the media,
Pakistan has agreed that they will send their junior hockey team to play in the World Cup, which will be in Chennai and Madurai.
Pakistan should have come to play Asia Cup- Aslam Sherkhan Indian hockey veteran Aslam Sherkhan said that the team should have participated in the tournament when Pakistan did not arrive in the Asia Cup. There is nothing to fear in India. Country is very good in terms of sports and culture. There is no question of security lapse here.
The Pakistani team refused to come to India in the ongoing Senior Asia Cup in Rajgir, Bihar. The team cited security deficiency as the reason.
On September 21, Government of India allowed to play in multinational tournaments Last week, the Government of India allowed India to play in a multinational tournament with Pakistan in the new sports policy. It said that Indian athletes and teams will be allowed to participate in international events that also have teams or players from Pakistan. However, India will not participate in any tournament to be held in Pakistan, as well as there will be no bilateral series or matches between the two countries.
Understand India’s new sports policy in 4 points.
- India will take a decision keeping in mind the rules of international sports institutions and the interests of its players in international and multinational events (whether in India or abroad).
- Indian teams and players will participate in those international events like Commonwealth Games, Olympics, Cricket, Hockey World Cup etc. in which Pakistani teams and players will play. This is exactly the same as Pakistan, players will also be able to participate in multinational events in India.
- The visa process of players, officers, technical staff, officials of international sports institutions will be easier to make India a favorite place to host international sports events.
- Officials of international sports institutions will also be given multi-entry visas on priority basis for their term period (up to 5 years), so that they can easily come to the country.
Protests are being held after Pahalgam terror attack After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, there is opposition to India’s playing with Pakistan in the Cricket Asia Cup. Even Pakistan was removed from the Hockey Asia Cup being hosted in India in Rajgir, Bihar. In this regard, there was a question in the Lok Sabha in the monsoon session. The Indian team of former cricketers also refused to play Pakistan in the World Championship of Legends (WCL).
The Indian team of former cricketers refused to play Pakistan in the World Championship of Legends.
India-pak relations stressful after Pahalgam attack The relations between India and Pakistan became tense after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 tourists were shot dead by terrorists on 22 April.
On April 2, terrorists attacked the Basaron Valley, 6 km from Pahalgam city of Jammu and Kashmir.