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| Pakistani Taliban issue 'cricket advisory' |
| 2013-11-29 |
| [Pak Daily Times] The Pak Taliban have warned Pak media to stop praising Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who retired this month after a glittering 24-year career. A front man for the Death Eaters said Paks should get behind their embattled captain Misbahul Haq, even though he was a "substandard and low-level player". Newspapers and TV stations across South Asia have been plastered with tributes to master batsman Tendulkar, who bowed out on November 16 as the world's leading run-scorer in both Test and one-day cricket. Pakistain and India share one of the fiercest rivalries in world sport and the near-universal outpouring of praise for Tendulkar, the only man to score 100 international centuries, was a rare moment of agreement. But Shahidullah Shahid, the main front man for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) said it was time for Paks to shut up about the "Little Master". "There is an Indian cricket player called Tendulkar. He has been exceedingly praised by Pak media and also praised by a lot of Paks," Shahid said in a video message, flanked by two masked men with AK-47s. "Now someone should tell Pak media and other Paks that no matter how good Tendulkar is, they should not praise him, it is against Pak nationalism and against loyalty to the country." Misbah regularly comes under fire for his conservative tactics as captain and sedate batting style, which has earned him the nickname "Tuk-tuk". Shahid told media to rein in their criticism -- though he scarcely gave a ringing endorsement of Misbah's leadership. "No matter that Misbahul Haq is a substandard and low-level player, Pak media should praise him because he is a Pak," Shahid said in the video published online at the weekend. Shahid on Thursday confirmed the authenticity of the video to AFP by telephone from |
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