Cricket in India is not just a game but an emotion. Recently, a clash between Indian and Pakistani media over cricket created a ruckus on social media. Indian journalist Arnab Goswami fiercely roasted a Pakistani panelist.
This dispute started with cricket funding. The Pakistani panelist asked Arnab Goswami, Where does India fund? Answering this question turned out to be very challenging for the Pakistani panelists. Arnab Goswami had claimed about Pakistan’s cricket funding, “Pakistan’s cricket board is funded by India.”
Arnab Goswami says, “85% of ICC’s revenue comes from the Indian Cricket Board. It comes because we are a very huge country, we have a lot of money, a lot of funding, all the advertising money comes from Indian companies, and you have no money. And 55% of Pakistan’s funding comes from India.
However, further in the video, a Pakistani speaker also says, the ICC is funded by organizing tournaments and that money is distributed among the member boards, and 95% of ICC’s funding comes from the Indian market. Indian business houses are running Pakistan’s cricket board. And India has the power to destroy Pakistan’s cricket system if it refuses to give funding.
Arnab Goswami fiercely criticized Pakistani The panelists were roasted; they directly made sharp remarks to them, after which there was no reply. This is not the first time that a debate has been held by combining cricket and politics. The conflict in relations between India and Pakistan has also affected sports.
The video of Arnab Goswami roasting a Pakistani panelist went viral, and social media was on fire with memes and funny reactions. The debate was about cricket funding, and Arnab didn’t hold back, claiming that Pakistan’s cricket board survives on money coming from India. He said, “85% of ICC’s revenue comes from India, and 55% of Pakistan’s cricket funding comes from us.” That statement left the Pakistani panelists totally speechless, and Arnab just kept going.
