Abu Dhabi Cricket Council offers to host Indo-Pak series

Karachi, Nov 13 (PTI) The Abu Dhabi Cricket Council
(A.D.C.C.) has offered to host the Pakistan and India cricket
series early next year if it is not held in Pakistan due to
security reasons.

The chief executive of A.D.C.C., Dilawar Mani, said his
organisation was always keen to host international matches
especially if they involved Pakistan and India.

"If Pakistan is not able to host the Indians for some
reasons at home we would be willing to stage the matches free
of cost," Mani told Geo News channel.

He, however, didn't specify whether the A.D.C.C. would be
willing to host both the Test and one-day series.

Doubts have crept in over whether India would tour
Pakistan next year following the last minute cancellation of
the Indian junior hockey team's tour to Pakistan this week,
after the Indian Ministry of External Affairs didn't give
clearance for the hockey series.

Mani said that Pakistan and India series could be hosted
in the Emirates as besides Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah also
have international standard grounds.

"The Dubai sports city ground is also ready to be
launched soon so we have three venues right now," he added.

He pointed out that international cricket was a viable
proposition in the Emirate states because of the large
concentration of people from the sub-continent particularly in
Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. PTI Cor
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