BCCI stands in solidarity with the victims of ‘Horrific’ Pahalgam Terror Attack

April 23: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday expressed grief over the deaths of terrorist attack victims in Pahgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The BCCI wrote on X, “Standing in solidarity with the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack. Prayers for families who lost their loved ones in this fierce attack.”

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– BCCI (@Bcci) April 23, 2025

Earlier on Wednesday, BCCI sources told ANI that players and umpires would be wearing black armband in memory of victims of terrorist attacks in Pahgam, Jammu and Kashmir, Clash between Sunrisers Hydebad (MIH) and Mumbai Indians (MIH) during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

A BCCI source told ANI, “In today’s match, players and umpires to wear black armband. There will be a minute’s silence before the match starts, and today there will be no cheerleaders, no fireworks.”

Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah met the families of the victims outside the police control room in Srinagar. The Union Home Minister paid his tribute to the victims of the attack, which garlanded a poignant ceremony in Srinagar and left the Kashmir Valley and the nation in collective grief and deep mourning.

Family members, whose faces were with deep grief, were seen arguing with the Home Minister, because they were trapped with grief, expressing the depth of their pain after the sad disadvantage of their loved ones in the attack.

In New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a briefing with Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and other officials in view of the recent terrorist attack in Palgam in Kashmir, in New Delhi.
Meanwhile, solidarity and attack condemnation with the families of the victims, along with political parties, the unions of traders in the region have collectively called for a complete shutdown in the Kashmir Valley today.