Cricket fans punish BCCI on Twitter pitch

Call for cutting-off cricketing ties with India after BCCI cancels meeting with PCB chief following Shiv Sena protest
Sports Desk | October 19, 2015

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Enraged Pakistani and Indian cricket fans took to Twitter on Monday to counter Shiv Sena's demand that the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman's return to Pakistan with one of their own.

Hours after Hindu right-wing party Shiv Sena activists stormed the Mumbai office of Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) ahead of Shahryar Khan's meeting with his BCCI president Shashank Manohar, cricket fans took to Twitter to vent over the Shiva Sena attack, while urging the PCB to boycott the Indian board.

As a result of the Sena's protests, BCCI had cancelled the meeting.

Pakistan cricket fraternity slams Shiv Sena protest

Hashtags trending in Pakistan included #BoycottBCCI, #ExtremistIndia and #ModiBehindShivSena.

Shiv Sena storms BCCI HQ to protest Indo-Pak cricket meeting

Here is what the Pakistanis had to say:












































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