KOLKATA: KRKR CRICKETERS Manish Pandey, Varun Chakravarthy, Moeen Ali, Sunil Narine and Quinton de Kock during the IPL match between Calcutta and Gujarat Titans, in Eden Gardens in Kolkata. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) England’s versatile Moeen Ali, currently representing the Knight Knight (KKR) in the Premier League (IPL), shared his experience with the fact that it was in India when the IPL 2025 season stopped in the middle of the escalating hostility between India and Pakistan.“I am one of those who do not care whether we play in iPL or in PSL. It is important to be safe – or try to be as safe as possible.Moeen Ali, who has Pakistanic roots, appreciated the franchise of KRK for excellent care for players.“They took care of us really well. They were like: So they were amazing in this respect – but it was crazy, man,” he said.
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“It’s crazy to be… not right in the middle of it, because you won’t experience anything first hand, but it’s happening around you, just around the corner. It’s obvious that you have a Pakistani background and being in India while it’s happening …“I really believe they are the same people, just divided by borders – exactly the same people. Good people on both sides. The amazing food is the same, everything is the same,” Moeen Ali said.Who is the IPL player?All-Rounder England also said that the tension in India-Pakistan served as a distraction since the ongoing crisis in Gaza.“I’m a bit of a conspiracy theorist. I think it was more of a distraction, or it was more like the American versus-Chinese situation in terms of weapons-just to see what’s going on. There are a lot of theories about these things.
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