It’s a game, not war: twitter reacts to amit shah’s ‘strike’ post

After India defeated Pakistan on Sunday, 16 June, by 89 runs (DLS method) in a rain-interrupted ICC World Cup 2019 clash at Manchester's Old Trafford stadium. Fans, including

celebrities and politicians, congratulated the team. Home Minister Amit Shah took to Twitter and called the win “another strike” by India. Pakistan were dealt an early blow in the chase when

Vijay Shankar dismissed Imam-ul-Haq off his very first ball of the match. Bhuvneshwar Kumar suffered a hamstring injury after bowling the fourth ball and brought on to finish the fifth

over, Shankar sent in a full delivery that swung back into the left-handed Imam and hit his pads. Imam decided not to review the decision and Pakistan lost their first wicket inside the

first five overs. ‘LEAVE CRICKET ASIDE’ A few members of Twitter thought Amit Shah’s comparison of India’s win to a ‘strike’ was in bad taste. One Twitter user said the statement was

“stupid” and “jingoistic”, adding that the statement “reflects his lack of statesmanship and understanding of competitive sports”. > Stupid & jingoistic statement by the home minister

 of country > reflects his lack of statesmanship & understanding of competitive > sports. For such pathetic individuals rabble rousing is the only way > to carry on as they have

 nothing else to show. > https://t.co/vo1LiZ0PtL > — Harsaran Singh à¨¹à¨°à¨¸à¨¼à¨°à¨¨ > à¨¸à¨¿à©°à¨˜ Ø­Ø§Ø±Ø³Ù† Ø³Ù†Ú¯Ú¾ > (@Harsarans) June 17, 2019 Another Twitter user asked

the home minister to “leave cricket aside”. > Don't compare this strike with the other strike. We don't need your > Jingoism Nonsense here. Leave cricket aside atleast. > 

— Vaibhav Chawla (@ChawlaVaibhav) June 17, 2019 Alt News Founder Pratik Sinha said, “Sowing poison for votes doesn’t ever end.” > Home Minister of the country equating a cricket match 

played by both > sides in the true spirit of the game to a cross border strike. Votes > ke liye zeher ki kheti kabhi rukti nahin inki. > https://t.co/3mFiJPZBme > — Pratik Sinha 

(@free_thinker) June 17, 2019 Columnist Mandeep Singh Bajwa questioned the priorities of the government. “Not to forget that both Amit Shah & Rajnath Singh had nothing to say about the 5

CRPF Jawans killed at Anantnag nor the 13 IAF pers killed in the AN-32 crash,” he wrote. > Are they serious?Not to forget that both Amit Shah & Rajnath Singh > had nothing to say 

about the 5 CRPF Jawans killed at Anantnag nor > the 13 IAF pers killed in the AN-32 crash >  > "Another Strike On Pak...": Amit Shah Praises Team India After Big > Win

 - NDTV https://t.co/IVmy6BsJhS > — Mandeep Singh Bajwa (@MandeepBajwa) June 17, 2019 One Twitter user listed out the things that need a ‘surgical strike’. Corruption, bad health

conditions, rape and communalism figured in the list. > Dear @AmitShah We need surgical strike on  > âž¡ï¸Corruption. > âž¡ï¸Worst health facilities in India for Poors > 

➡️Those who promote communalism > âž¡ï¸Rapists, Murderers  > âž¡ï¸Those who do Eve Teasing > âž¡ï¸Those MP who don't work for the Citizens > âž¡ï¸Those who Promote 

casteism > — Chowkidar Nirav Modi (@niiravmodi) June 17, 2019 Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai said, “it’s a great win but it’s a cricket match and not war: no one died out there. Let’s do the

chest thumping on 14th July!” > Home min @AmitShah likens India win over Pakistan to â€˜another > strike’; yes, it’s a great win but it’s a cricket > match and not war:no one

 died out there. We won because we played a > much better game. There is still a World Cup to be won! Let’s > do the chest thumping on 14th July! > — Rajdeep Sardesai 

(@sardesairajdeep) June 17, 2019 Journalist Rammanohar Reddy said the comment was ‘disgusting’. “Somebody tell him this is a game not a war,” he wrote. > Disgusting.  > Somebody tell 

him this is a game not a war. But that is the problem > isn’t it? It has become a war by another name. > https://t.co/oCitUDHbNV > — Rammanohar Reddy (@ramreddy) June 17, 2019

LEADERS CONGRATULATE TEAM INDIA Many other politicians took to social media to congratulate the team. > à¤¶à¤¾à¤¨à¤¦à¤¾à¤° à¤œà¥€à¤¤ à¤•à¥‡ > à¤²à¤¿à¤ à¤­à¤¾à¤°à¤¤à¥€à¤¯ > 

टीम à¤•à¥‹ à¤¬à¤¹à¥à¤¤ > à¤¬à¤¹à¥à¤¤ à¤¬à¤§à¤¾à¤ˆ. Congratulations > to Team India on a splendid victory. > — Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) June 16, 2019 > 

Congratulations to Indian cricket team for winning the match against > Pakistan in #CWC2019. The Indian team played an amazing game of > cricket for this victory. >  > We are all

 proud of Team India. > — Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) June 16, 2019 > à¤ªà¤¹à¤²à¥‡ à¤¸à¥‡ à¤¬à¥‹à¤²à¤¾ > à¤¥à¤¾  > à¤¹à¤¿à¤‚दुस्तान > à¤œà¥€à¤¤à¥‡à¤—ा, > 

पाकिस्तान > à¤¹à¤¾à¤°à¥‡à¤—ा! > Well done boys👍 > Congratulations #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/5woFZwPO5U > — Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) June 16, 2019 > 

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है। > à¤§à¤¨à¥à¤¯à¤µà¤¾à¤¦ #TeamIndia > pic.twitter.com/Znhryj4ytp > — Congress (@INCIndia) June 16, 2019 > Runs, Rain and total domination.. It’s #7-0 ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡³ > Jai

 hind. > — Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) June 16, 2019 Pakistan still has matches to play against South Africa, New Zealand, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Published: 17 Jun 2019, 10:57 AM

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