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Pakistanis will be supporting flood victims by donning black armbands during their match against India

by
CricketMood _Staff
August 28, 2022

In order to demonstrate their empathy and support for those who have been impacted by the recent flooding in Pakistan, the Pakistan cricket team will play their opening match of the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 against India while wearing black arm bands.

According to an official statement, “the Pakistan cricket team will wear black arm bands in their first match of the ACC T20 Asia Cup 2022 against India today to express their solidarity and support for the flood affectees across the country.” The floods have affected a large portion of Pakistan, and this match will be their first opportunity to compete in the tournament.

On Saturday, play in the Asia Cup 2022 got began with a match in Group B between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. In the end, Afghanistan emerged victorious by a score of eight wickets over their opponents from Sri Lanka.

Flooding caused by the monsoon, which the government of Pakistan estimated had harmed more than four million people, prompted the government to issue a state of emergency.

The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) reported on Friday that more than 900 people had been murdered so far this year as a direct result of the monsoon rains that started in June. Of those deaths, 34 had occurred within the past 24 hours.

Brohi, along with thousands of other people in rural Pakistan, was looking for refuge alongside the main highway. Elevated roadways are among the only dry places in the otherwise unending vistas of water, so Brohi was not alone in his search.

According to the disaster service, over 4.2 million people were “affected” by the flooding, which resulted in the destruction of roughly 220,000 dwellings and the severe damage of another half a million.