India, Aug. 3 -- Harshit Tomar, the owner of the World Championship of Legends (WCL) tournament, has finally broken his silence on why the India versus Pakistan match was cancelled at the last minute in the group stage. Days ahead of the contest between the arch-rivals, there was intense scrutiny on social media with fans expressing their displeasure over former cricketers from India agreeing to play against Pakistan despite the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 tourists in Kashmir.

Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, and Yusuf Pathan pulled out of the contest a day before the match, and eventually, the organisers had to call the game off. India Champions then also pulled out of the semi-final against Pakis...