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Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets in their opening match of the T20 World Cup.
The victory was Pakistan’s first win against India in a T20 World Cup. India-Pakistan cricket matches are no longer treated as sports but as political battles.
Just after the defeat, social media was flooded with posts blaming India’s only Muslim player, the bowler Mohammed Shami, and several Kashmiri students were allegedly attacked at two educational institutions in Punjab – Bhai Gurdas Institute of Engineering and Technology in Sangrur and Rayat Bahrat University in Kharar.
The Wire spoke to a Kashmiri student from Bhai Gurdas Institute of Engineering and Technology, who explained what happened after India lost the match to Pakistan.