Sports: An Indian who welcomes Pakistani cricketers
Date
3/30/2016 5:00:08 AM
(MENAFN- Asia Times) Gurdip Singh Sandhu
'My village' is Chak 34 Janoobi between Faisalabad and Sargodha in Punjab in Pakistan. The sardar is the chief executive officer of the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Gurdip Singh Sandhu a former brigadier in the Indian Army and a decorated national-level athlete.
This March Pakistan played two of their World Twenty20 matches in Mohali and Waqar Younis the Pakistan coach met Sandhu. It was two days after India had boisterously celebrated a win against Pakistan but Sandhu was interested only in knowing how his village looked today.
Younis's maternal grandparents are from the Chak next to Sandhu'sChak is an Urdu term for village.
Villages in Punjab in Pakistan and some parts of Indian Punjab and Rajasthan too are named thus: Chak followed by a number followed by further identification.
Younis and Sandhu spoke for a while before the former left to conduct a training session. Read More
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