Vande Mataram in Cricket — Hindutva in Sport?

It started as just another T20I. India vs Afghanistan, Arun Jaitley Stadium, a routine start to a home series. But before the National Anthem even played, something happened that's never happened at an international cricket match before, and it's got a lot bigger than cricket since. In this video we get into what actually played before the anthem, why it's being called a first for Indian sport, and why BCCI sources are saying this isn't a one-off, it's the new normal for every home series going forward. From there we go beyond the stadium into the real story, a government directive from earlier this year, a radio broadcast that quietly changed in March, and a stanza debate that's technically been unresolved since 1937. We look at why Congress is pushing back, what the historical objection actually was, and how a 150 year old song ended up back in the news because of a cricket match. This one starts on the pitch and ends up somewhere a lot more political than you'd expect. #VandeMataram #India #BCCI #TeamIndia #IndianCricket #INDvAFG #DelhiT20I #NationalSong #IndianPolitics #Congress #150Years #AnandMath #IndianHistory #Bharat #JaiHind #CricketNews #NationalAnthem #IndianNationalism #CurrentAffairs #ArunJaitleyStadium #IndiaVsAfghanistan