Twitter furious with Indian cricket board’s Jay Shah who didn’t let India play in Pakistan

After rain ended the highly ended Pak-India Asia Cup 2023 match, X (formerly Twitter) turned its anger towards Jay Shah, Secretary of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) who refused to let the tournament be played out in hosts Pakistan. Shah remained adamant that India will not play in Pakistan, citing imaginary security concerns, ignoring the fact that major teams were all satisfied with security arrangements after touring the country.

When Saturday’s game got interrupted twice and eventually washed out by rain, cricket fans were up in arms against Shah, the son of Indian Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah.

Here are some of the tweets that angry netizens wrote down:

The day was ruined as the Match was called off due to rain. There is only one guy to blame: Jay Shah. The SL board warned about Kandy weather and proposed Dambulla as an option. They didn’t take that, and neither did they want to Visit Pakistan to avoid rainy weather in Sri… pic.twitter.com/FdnYa840hg

— Mariya Rajput (@mariya_raj10) September 2, 2023

The egoistic son of Amit Shah,Jay Shah who destroyed the most awaited event just for his lollipop ego. pic.twitter.com/RSc0FX6o2x

— Matin Khan (@matincantweet) September 3, 2023

The ACC President Jay Shah should know to check the weather conditions before finalizing venues for an important series like Asia cup. At least he should have agreed to Mr @najamsethi ‘s opinion to shift the tournament to UAE without giving silly reasons.( he said it’s too hot…

— Nibraz Ramzan (@nibraz88cricket) September 3, 2023

Shame on you @BCCI and @JayShah. First, they decided not to come to Pakistan when every best team in the world already visited our country, and then when matches were shifted to Sri Lanka, they also refused to play in Dambula, where the weather remains dry during September. Even…

— Hassan Abbasian (@HassanAbbasian) September 2, 2023

Plus no Pakistan mentioned on the official Jersey.

Jay Shah is that kid in the neighbourhood who basically threatens with "mera bat aur ball hay, mein ghar ja raha hoon" every single time he starts losing a game of cricket.

What a small man indeed. https://t.co/C0xrZdMVOw

— Waqas Ahmed (@ahmedwaqas992) September 2, 2023

Shame on Bcci and Jayshah.
They are destroying Pakistan vs India Rivalry 🇵🇰🇮🇳!
Politics and Cricket are two different things.#IndvPak #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/SbJr1ISeYD

— Babar Azam Fc 🐐👑 (@babarindianfc) September 2, 2023