NEW DELHI: As tensions escalate between India and Pakistan, former Indian cricketers Virender Sehwag and Shikhar Dhawan voiced robust assist for the Indian Armed Forces, asserting that the nation will ship a agency response to current cross-border hostilities. Taking to his official X deal with, Sehwag accused Pakistan of selecting conflict and condemned its actions to protect terrorist components.“Conflict has been chosen by Pakistan after they had a chance to maintain quiet.They’ve escalated to reserve it’s terrorist belongings, speaks a lot about them. Our forces will reply in essentially the most applicable method, a way Pakistan will always remember,” Sehwag posted on Might 8, 2025.Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan additionally expressed solidarity with the armed forces, lauding their swift and courageous response.“Respect to our courageous hearts for safeguarding our borders with such power and stopping the drone assault on Jammu. India stands robust. Jai Hind!” Dhawan wrote on X.The reactions from the cricketers got here as defence sources confirmed that Pakistan had launched eight missiles concentrating on key areas, together with Satwari, Samba, RS Pura, and Arnia. All incoming missiles have been efficiently intercepted by India’s air defence techniques. Explosions have been reported in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, the place Pakistani drones have been intercepted. Comparable situations occurred in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, the place residents reported loud blasts and flashes of sunshine within the sky.
As a security measure, blackouts have been enforced throughout a number of areas, together with Bikaner (Rajasthan), Jalandhar and Amritsar (Punjab), and Kishtwar, Akhnoor, Samba, and Jammu within the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.These developments observe India’s current launch of Operation Sindoor, a precision army response to the April 22 terror assault in Pahalgam, which claimed 28 civilian lives.