The Ind-Pak match was severely criticized, and while Suniel Shetty said the players should not be blamed, Raveena Tandon said she hoped the team played with black bands  

Suniel Shetty: ‘You cannot blame cricketers’ Asia Cup 2025 is going on, but after the Pulwama attack, people had been expressing how upset they were about the match which was played on Sunday. While talking to the media, Suniel Shetty stated that one cannot blame cricketers, as the decision was taken by a world sporting body.

He said, "It's a world sporting body. They have to abide by those rules and regulations because there are a lot of other sports and a lot of athletes who are involved in them. As Indians, I think that is our personal call that we have to take, whether we want to see it, whether we don't want to see it, whether we want to go or not go and that's a call India has to take.”