<p>New Delhi: India head coach Gautam Gambhir personally believes the country should not play any cricket with Pakistan, not even in neutral venues, after a deadly Islamist militant attack in Indian Kashmir last month.</p><p>Under <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/my-father-would-be-at-peace-expect-more-such-action-son-of-pahalgam-victim-3528540">Operation Sindoor</a>, Indian armed forces struck nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday in response to the April 22 killing of 26 tourists in the Himalayan region.</p><p>Two-way cricket between the nuclear-armed neighbours remains suspended since 2013 and they play each other only in multi-team tournaments, mostly in neutral venues.</p>.Operation Sindoor: Indian Armed forces carry out military strikes on 9 terror camps in Pakistan, PoK.<p>"My personal answer to this is absolutely no," Gambhir said on Tuesday, hours before India launched the airstrikes, when asked for his view on India-Pakistan cricket.</p><p>"Till all this doesn't stop, there should not be anything between India and Pakistan."</p><p>Any match between the arch-rivals remains a cricketing blockbuster and is declared soldout within hours after tickets go on sale.</p><p>India have dominated that rivalry in recent years but emotions still run high on either side of the border whenever the cricket-mad neighbours clash.</p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/operation-sindoor-live-updates-indian-army-pakistan-attack-armed-forces-pm-modi-pahalgam-terror-missile-strike-jaish-e-mohammed-3528214">Follow live updates of Operation Sindoor right here</a></strong></em></p><p>Pakistan's men's team toured India for the 50-overs World Cup in 2023 but their neighbours have not reciprocated.</p><p>India refused to tour Pakistan for the Champions Trophy earlier this year and played all their matches in Dubai instead.</p><p>Gambhir said he would follow whatever the Indian cricket board (BCCI) or the government decide on bilateral cricket with Pakistan.</p><p>"Ultimately, this is (the) government's decision whether we play them or not," Gambhir said.</p><p>"This is not up to me, it's not in my jurisdiction. This is for BCCI and, more importantly, the government to decide whether we should play them or not.</p><p>"Whatever decision they make, we should be absolutely fine with it and not politicise it."</p><p>Last month India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra withdrew his invitation to Pakistan's Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem to compete in a May 24 event in the southern city of Bengaluru following the Kashmir attack.</p>
<p>New Delhi: India head coach Gautam Gambhir personally believes the country should not play any cricket with Pakistan, not even in neutral venues, after a deadly Islamist militant attack in Indian Kashmir last month.</p><p>Under <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/my-father-would-be-at-peace-expect-more-such-action-son-of-pahalgam-victim-3528540">Operation Sindoor</a>, Indian armed forces struck nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday in response to the April 22 killing of 26 tourists in the Himalayan region.</p><p>Two-way cricket between the nuclear-armed neighbours remains suspended since 2013 and they play each other only in multi-team tournaments, mostly in neutral venues.</p>.Operation Sindoor: Indian Armed forces carry out military strikes on 9 terror camps in Pakistan, PoK.<p>"My personal answer to this is absolutely no," Gambhir said on Tuesday, hours before India launched the airstrikes, when asked for his view on India-Pakistan cricket.</p><p>"Till all this doesn't stop, there should not be anything between India and Pakistan."</p><p>Any match between the arch-rivals remains a cricketing blockbuster and is declared soldout within hours after tickets go on sale.</p><p>India have dominated that rivalry in recent years but emotions still run high on either side of the border whenever the cricket-mad neighbours clash.</p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/operation-sindoor-live-updates-indian-army-pakistan-attack-armed-forces-pm-modi-pahalgam-terror-missile-strike-jaish-e-mohammed-3528214">Follow live updates of Operation Sindoor right here</a></strong></em></p><p>Pakistan's men's team toured India for the 50-overs World Cup in 2023 but their neighbours have not reciprocated.</p><p>India refused to tour Pakistan for the Champions Trophy earlier this year and played all their matches in Dubai instead.</p><p>Gambhir said he would follow whatever the Indian cricket board (BCCI) or the government decide on bilateral cricket with Pakistan.</p><p>"Ultimately, this is (the) government's decision whether we play them or not," Gambhir said.</p><p>"This is not up to me, it's not in my jurisdiction. This is for BCCI and, more importantly, the government to decide whether we should play them or not.</p><p>"Whatever decision they make, we should be absolutely fine with it and not politicise it."</p><p>Last month India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra withdrew his invitation to Pakistan's Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem to compete in a May 24 event in the southern city of Bengaluru following the Kashmir attack.</p>