Modi rules out compensation from England if they stay back

London, Dec 1 (PTI) Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) Vice President Lalit Modi is optimistic that England
captain Kevin Pietersen and his men would return for the Test
series in India but assured that the Indian cricket board
would not seek compensation from its English counterpart in
case of a no-show.

Recalling how the 2005 Ashes series began despite
bombings in London, Modi said, "We can't allow events around
the world to deter us, to go out and be afraid to play. I
really do believe it (the tour) will happen. It's just we need
to take it to another city, which we have agreed to do so. I'm
sure it'll be all right.

"It's not the BCCI against the ECB and the players, that
doesn't achieve anything. In 2005, the bomb blasts in the UK,
two weeks later the Ashes series began," Modi was quoted as
saying by 'The Times'.

Insisting money was not the issue for BCCI, Modi said,
"Everybody needs to be pragmatic. If the security is possible
and it is there then we should continue.

"It's not about compensation. I've heard numbers, but
it's got nothing to do with monetary issues. We would never
pressurise anybody and that's not the way we operate," he
said.

"Compensation is the last thing we are looking at," Modi
added. PTI AY
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