'Justice For Kashmir' Banner Flies Over Headingley During India-Sri Lanka Game

In yet another political incident, an unnamed aircraft flew over the Headingley stadium during the ongoing match between India and Sri Lanka in Leeds. The banner had pro-Kashmir comments on it.  Just a few minutes after the match began, the aircraft flew over the ground, carrying the banner ‘Justice for Kashmir’.

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This is the second tome, such an incident took place in the World Cup. Earlier, an aircraft carried a political message during the game between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The game was marred by fan violence and later a plane flew over the venue with the banner ‘Justice for Balochistan’.

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The ICC has zero tolerance for political or racist slogans. Just like last time, the ICC has once again condemned the act. Soon after the plane flew over the Headingley, the ICC released a statement to express their disappointment over the same.

“We are incredibly disappointed this has happened again. We do not condone any sort of political messages at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Throughout the tournament, we have worked with local police forces around the country to prevent this type of protest occurring. After the previous incident, we were assured by West Yorkshire Police there would not be a repeat of this issue, so we are very dissatisfied it has happened again,” the ICC said.

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Talking about the tournament, India have already made it to the semifinal. They will be looking to beat Sri Lanka to keep alive their hopes of finishing at the top of the points table. But if Australia manage to beat South Africa, India would finish second irrespective of the result. In such a case, India will have to lock horns with hosts England in the semifinal. England, Australia and New Zealand are the other teams in the semifinal.