However hard the TV broadcasters try to beat the war drums, India vs Pakistan cricket, these days, is anything but ‘war minus the shooting’. However hard the billboard artists try to photoshop Rohit Sharma and Mohammad Rizwan to make them appear menacing, the two naturally congenial captains still can’t pass off as ruthless generals leading bloodthirsty armies. That old narrative promoting cricket’s most storied derby has got boring and inaccurate but, somehow it has survived. The caricaturing of this high-stakes sporting contest needs to stop. Indo-Pak cricket needs to be saved from the marketers who seem hell-bent on reducing this many-layered rivalry into a one-dimensional cliché. It is these unimaginative war references that justify the mixing of sports and politics and the slamming of the cricket door between the two neighbours, whose players famously get along and whose fans have never waged pitched battles in the stands. Story continues below this ad This Sunday, India and Pakistan will meet again and those familiar voices are on air again. Netflix has timed the airing of its …