Asian Games

It is a matter of shame that India did not send Men or Women's TEam to the Asian Games, nor did

 Leanader, Mahesh Bhupati, Coneru Hampy, V Anand, the Golfing  Stars wanted to do anything

 for an event where National Pride is at stake...and instead of bringing this up forcefully, nearly 

the entire media is looking the other way......

::RSK

Pakistan slams India over no-show at Asiad cricket tournament

Guangzhou, Nov 27 : Pakistan has slammed India for 

snubbing the XVIth 

Asian Games by refusing to send its cricket team there.

Pakistan coach Sadiq Mohammad insisted that more pressure should have been put on India to respect the 

Guangzhou tournament, The News reported.

"India said they would come and they said cricketshould be in the Asian Games. God knows why

 they are not here. Somebody should have put added pressure on them," said Sadiq, after Pakistan's

 six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the bronze medal play-off.

India chose to give a miss to the Asian Games because of the international commitments faced by

 their national team, with a home series against New Zealand and an eagerly-awaited tour of

 South Africa about to get underway.

But Sadiq pointed out that in spite of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh also having Test 

and One-day International programmes, all three still sent their second-string teams to both the

 men's and women's events in Guangzhou.

"India said they had to play New Zealand, but our main team had matches to play against South Africa,"

 he argued."India should have taken part in the Asian Games because this would have been a great

 opportunity for the young players to gain experience," Sadiq added.It is for the first time that cricket

 has become an official Asian Games sport. Bangladesh went on to win the first Asiad gold for

 their country by defeating Afghanistan in the men's final, while Pakistan clinched the women's title.