WATCH: Local team in Kashmir sings Pakistan national anthem

The team could be seen wearing Pakistan’s cricket uniform and listening to anthem


APP April 05, 2017

ISLAMABAD: A video of a cricket match held at a local ground in the Kashmir Valley has gone viral on social media in which players of one team can be seen wearing Pakistan team's uniform and singing the country's national anthem.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the match was played at a ground in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district where India is going to conduct polling for Indian parliamentary by-elections for Srinagar constituency on Sunday, April 9.

The video of the match played at Wayil playfield in Ganderbal shows a speaker making an announcement that Pakistan's national anthem will be played ahead of the start of the match.



While players of one team were wearing a white uniform, the other team members were wearing the green Pakistan national cricket team uniform.

The match was played this week when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Jammu to inaugurate a tunnel.

COMMENTS (9)

Umar | 7 years ago | Reply Express tribune, please mention also that all the 11 players were arrested on the other day
Sohail Gem Wazir | 7 years ago | Reply You can occupy their territory not their hearts. #freeKashmir
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