Sunil Gavaskar was furious over buying Pakistani players, said – this is the blood money of Indians…

Sunil Gavaskar: During England’s famous T20 League The Hundred auction, Kavya Maran’s team Sunrisers Leeds bought Pakistani spinner Abrar Ahmed for Rs 2.3 crore. After which he is continuously facing severe criticism. Meanwhile, former Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar has given a strong reaction on this matter. Let us know what Gavaskar said…

What did Sunil Gavaskar say?

Sunrisers Leads and Kavya Maran are on target of critics after buying Abrar Ahmed in The Hundred auction. Amidst all this, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar says that considering the situation between the two countries, the kind of criticism that Kavya Maran is facing is not surprising at all.

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reminded history

Gavaskar, in his column in Mid-Day, reminded of the tense history and wrote that Pakistani cricketers were banned from the IPL after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. 11 years later, the Pulwama attack in 2019 and the Pahalgam attack in 2025 reminded why Indian cricket kept distance from Pakistan.

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“The furore created by the acquisition of a Pakistani player by the Indian owner of a franchise in The Hundred is hardly surprising. Ever since the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, Indian franchise owners have simply… pic.twitter.com/4jDMMhRhTF

— Cricket Central (@CricketCentrl) March 16, 2026

Indian blood money

Further, citing the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Gavaskar said that if an Indian-owned team invests money on a Pakistani player, then that money reaches the Pakistan government in the form of tax, which can be used to buy weapons. Gavaskar clearly says that the match fees given to Pakistani players indirectly causes the deaths of Indians.

Gavaskar further writes in his column that Sunrisers Leeds coach Daniel Vettori may not understand this sensitivity, but the Indian owners should have understood the situation keeping the situation in mind. He further wrote that, if the Indian is the owner, then he is indirectly funding a system that can lead to the death of Indian soldiers and civilians.