A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday said he would advise the PCB against sending its national team to India for the planned bilateral series in December.
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Sharing his concerns with his Indian counterpart, Khan said every time a Pakistani goes to India Shiv Sena and other extremist groups stand up against them making it unsafe for a series to be played in India.
However, BCCI Chairman has said that no final verdict has been reached regarding the fate of the series.
“I remember the last time we went to India in 2012-13 they (BCCI) earned in crores of rupees and we got nothing”, Afridi said.
While the development may provide a few relief to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), there has been no mention of a full-fledged Test series between India and Pakistan as agreed upon between the two boards in 2014 on the sidelines of an worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) annual conference in Melbourne.
On Tuesday, BCCI president Shashank Manohar proposed a limited-over series with Pakistan, but clearly stated that the Indian team would not be travelling to Pakistan or the UAE for the matches. But according to our initial agreement, the series was scheduled to take place in UAE and we should abide by that.
Misbah, 41, also said he was not surprised at England’s comeback in the ongoing ODI series against Pakistan in the UAE.
He, however, added he was not authorised to take a decision on Manohar’s offer and he would consult the board of governors when they meet on November 17. “But we will only consider the proposal after the permission of the federal government”, Khan said. “I have to first seek clearance from the Prime Minister for any decision”.
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“The members of boards are also Indian and they realise that terror and talks don’t go together until there is peace on boarder; I think there is no chance of bilateral series with Pakistan at no neutral venue,”Azad told ANI here. At the moment I have told the Indian cricket chief to send us a detailed proposal in writing”, he said”.
