With only a month’s window available after India finish their Test series against South Africa on December 7, the series is likely to be confined to three ODIs and two T20 Internationals instead of the original two Tests, five ODIs and two T20 Internationals, according to top BCCI sources.
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“Even if you would have termed it as Pakistan’s home series in India, there could have been legal ramifications”, a senior BCCI official said on Tuesday. Subsequently, the chiefs of the two boards – Shashank Manohar and Shaharyar Khan met in Dubai on Sunday.
First, the much-awaited bilateral series between India and Pakistan was supposed to be held in UAE.
“Since PCB will need the permission of Pakistan PM Mr. Nawaz Sharif before, Shaharyar Khan will need to go back to Islamabad and seek the permission of their Prime Minister”. Pakistan was to get back to me, they haven’t got back to me. “Presently, we gave an option to Pakistan asking them whether they will come to India”.
But a year ago both the boards singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which they are scheduled to play six series between 2015 to 2023 but all subject to government clearance. Giles Clarke, who worked as negotiator for organizing the series, is expected to make formal announcement for series on November 27. “The dates of the matches will be between December 20 and January 3”, Gunasekera said.
According to reports, Sri Lanka Cricket has said that the BCCI and the PCB have approached it to host the Indo-Pak series.
Once again 14 fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take immediate action to secure their release. However, the political crisis between the two countries and the some odd incidents took place in India caused great damage to the chances of the series to be taken place.
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India called off most sporting fixtures between the rivals after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which it says were planned by militants in Pakistan.
