PCB to ask India for clear-cut Response
on Series
LAHORE: At long last, chairman of
the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan announced on Tuesday that the
Board would no more make request to India for bilateral series, saying the PCB
would now only ask the BCCI to give its clear-cut response on the Indo-Pak
series.
Shaharyar since taking over the
PCB as chairman around a year ago has issued dozens of statements asking the
BCCI to resume bilateral series by playing a scheduled series with Pakistan in
the UAE in December this year.
But all his campaign to convince
India for the bilateral series is yet to bear any fruits as the BCCI citing
their government’s stance against the resumption of the bilateral series with
Pakistan has not reciprocated the PCB initiative.
However, the PCB chairman while
talking to media here on Tuesday said that now the Board would only ask the
BCCI whether they want to play the series in the UAE or not.
Once, having received the final
reply from the Indian board, the PCB would consider its option as to what kind
of step it could take in this regard, maintained Shaharyar.
Former PCB chairman Najam Sethi
who now works as chairman of the PCB executive committee and the BCCI had
reached an understanding to play six bilateral series during eight years through
signing of various MoUs.
