'We’re ONE TEAM! Jai Hind': Tendulkar, Sehwag and other cricketers hail Army after Operation Sindoor

Indian cricketers, including the greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, have extended their support to the Indian Army as they launched Operation Sindoor, a co-ordinated attack on terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on early Wednesday morning (7 May).

The “precise and restrained” attack by the Indian Army has been launched in response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack in which the gunmen killed 26 people in the Baisaran valley of Jammu and Kashmir.

Indian cricketers hail the Army for Operation Sindoor

As India launched an attack on the terrorist camps in Pakistan, which for long have trained gunmen to commit violence on Indian soil, the former and current cricketers came forward to extend their support to the Indian Army and lauded its efforts towards protecting the honour of the nation.

Batting great Sachin Tendulkar urged the whole country to be united and denounced terrorism.

“Fearless in unity. Boundless in strength. India’s shield is her people. There’s no room for terrorism in this world. We’re ONE TEAM! Jai Hind,” he wrote on X.

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Fearless in unity. Boundless in strength. India’s shield is her people. There’s no room for terrorism in this world. We’re ONE TEAM!

Jai Hind 🇮🇳#OperationSindoor

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) May 7, 2025

Former India opener and legendary batter Virender Sehwag had a small but direct message as he said, “Dharma protects those who protect it” on X.

“Dharmo Rakshati Rakshata (Dharma protects those who protect it). Jai Hind ki Sena 🙏🏼 #OperationSindoor,” Sehwag wrote on X.

Dharmo Rakshati Rakshata

Jai Hind ki Sena 🙏🏼#OperationSindoor

— Virrender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) May 7, 2025

His former batting partner and current Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir hailed India and its Army. He wrote “Jai Hind (Victory to India)” on X and shared an image of Operation Sindoor.

Jai Hind! 🇮🇳🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/dTN5Cm8yiX

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) May 7, 2025

Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy shared the Operation Sindoor image on Instagram.

Suresh Raina, Aakash Chopra, Pragyan Ojha and Venkatesh Prasad are the other former cricketers who have also spoken in support of the military action so far.

Here are their reactions:

#OperationSindoor #JaiHind 🇮🇳👊🙌 pic.twitter.com/JCkgzlDZ3k

— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) May 7, 2025

Together we stand. Jai Hind 🫡 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/sZZhBm9O0L

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 6, 2025

Bharat Mata Ki Jai 🙏🏼#OperationSindoor

— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) May 7, 2025

जय हिन्द, जय हिन्द की सेना 🇮🇳#oprationsindoor 🙏🏼

— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) May 6, 2025

Meanwhile, the Operation Sindoor involved a tri-services deployment of air, naval, and land-based assets. The armed forces used long-distance high-precision weapons in the attack, including SCALP cruise missiles, the HAMMER precision bomb and loitering munitions.

In a brief statement on X, the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, explained that the Pakistan Army infrastructure was untouched as the attack was launched against terrorist camps.

“India has launched #OperationSindoor, a precise and restrained response to the barbaric #PahalgamTerrorAttack that claimed 26 lives, including one Nepali citizen. Focused strikes were carried out on nine #terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, targeting the roots of cross-border terror planning. Importantly, no Pakistani military facilities were hit, reflecting India’s calibrated and non-escalatory approach,” the Ministry of Defence wrote on X.

India has launched #OperationSindoor, a precise and restrained response to the barbaric #PahalgamTerrorAttack that claimed 26 lives, including one Nepali citizen. Focused strikes were carried out on nine #terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and…

— Ministry of Defence, Government of India (@SpokespersonMoD) May 6, 2025

“This operation underscores India’s resolve to hold perpetrators accountable while avoiding unnecessary provocation. A detailed briefing on the operation will follow later today.”