The video posted on X features the bowl-off between India and Pakistan in the 2007 ICC World T20 (Image via X/@BJP4India)

The official X account of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) posted a clip comparing a bowl-off between India and Pakistan to Operation Sindoor, in light of the recent cross-border tensions between the two nations. The video shared on X features India and Pakistan bowlers in a bowl-off during the 2007 T20 World Cup, where the Pakistani bowlers failed to hit the target in all three of their attempts.Sarcastically drawing parallels to Pakistan, the BJP quoted the clip of the bowl-out as “Kuch aisa tha #OperationSindoor” (it was something like this). The video dates back to the 2007 T20 World Cup, in which India got the better of their bitter rivals, where the two sides were forced to resort to a bowl-off to determine the winner.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!India called upon Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa for the first three attempts, who all hit their targets without fail. The Men in Green, on the other hand, missed all three of their first attempts, handing victory to India. The clip also compares the stumps being missed by Pakistani bowlers to the missiles sent by them while the direct hits of the Indian bowlers are labelled as ‘India’s missiles’.After setting a target of 142 in 20 overs, Pakistan chased down India’s tally of 141, but couldn’t score any more in the final two balls.

Operation Sindoor is India’s response to the Pahalgam attack, in which 26 civilians were killed by terrorists in Kashmir on April 22. The retaliatory operation took place on May 7, in which India targeted nine different locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), with the intention of eliminating terrorist elements in the region. Following the operation, a ceasefire was agreed upon on May 10, after which tensions have de-escalated.