Operation sindoor

Kolkata Knight Riders: The Indian cricket fraternity—past and present—stood in unison to salute the country’s armed forces after they launched Operation Sindoor, a series of precision strikes targeting terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) on May 7.

The military operation was carried out after midnight across nine high-value terror locations, in what officials described as a “calculated, restrained yet firm” response to the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 innocent lives.

Former cricketers Gautam Gambhir, Aakash Chopra, and Pragyan Ojha were among the first to publicly commend the Indian armed forces. All three posted patriotic messages on social media with a caption of “Jai Hind”.