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India unlikely to tour, PCB clings on to neutral venue hopes
Karachi, Dec 8 (PTI) With the Indian government unlikely
to clear cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his
teammates for the Pakistan tour, the cricket board here is
hoping that it would be able to convince Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) to play the series in a neutral
venue.
As of now, BCCI is awaiting an instruction from the
Indian government for the series which ran into trouble after
relation strained between the two countries in the wake of the
Mumbai terror attacks.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), however, is still
hopeful that it can convince its Indian counterparts to play
at neutral venues.
"The PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt has so far failed to get any
response from the Indian board. After the Mumbai attacks with
the Indian media has reacted strongly to Pakistan's
involvement in the attacks the Indian board has also gone
silent on the tour," a PCB source told PTI.
"The Pakistanis are now planning to take the ACC
Executive Council meeting in Chennai on December 12 as an
opportunity to urge the Indian board to at least play the Test
series on schedule at neutral venues like Colombo, Abu Dhabi
or Sharjah," the source said.
He said before the Mumbai attacks the two boards were in
constant touch and the Indians were expecting to send a
security delegation to Pakistan for pre-tour inspection checks
in first week of December to confirm the venues and dates.
India were due to tour Pakistan from January 4 to play
three Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match.
The source pointed out that no senior board official from
India was in Colombo for the ACC development committee meeting
last Friday so Butt had no chance for any one-to-one
interaction with any Indian official.
He said with time running out, Pakistan was now keen to
stage the series on schedule, wherever it may be.
"Pakistani cricket authorities are now resigned to the
fact that it is going to be difficult to get teams to fulfill
commitments to tour Pakistan so they are ready to play all
home series in 2009 at neutral venues including against
Australia in April," he said. PTI Cor
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to clear cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his
teammates for the Pakistan tour, the cricket board here is
hoping that it would be able to convince Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) to play the series in a neutral
venue.
As of now, BCCI is awaiting an instruction from the
Indian government for the series which ran into trouble after
relation strained between the two countries in the wake of the
Mumbai terror attacks.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), however, is still
hopeful that it can convince its Indian counterparts to play
at neutral venues.
"The PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt has so far failed to get any
response from the Indian board. After the Mumbai attacks with
the Indian media has reacted strongly to Pakistan's
involvement in the attacks the Indian board has also gone
silent on the tour," a PCB source told PTI.
"The Pakistanis are now planning to take the ACC
Executive Council meeting in Chennai on December 12 as an
opportunity to urge the Indian board to at least play the Test
series on schedule at neutral venues like Colombo, Abu Dhabi
or Sharjah," the source said.
He said before the Mumbai attacks the two boards were in
constant touch and the Indians were expecting to send a
security delegation to Pakistan for pre-tour inspection checks
in first week of December to confirm the venues and dates.
India were due to tour Pakistan from January 4 to play
three Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match.
The source pointed out that no senior board official from
India was in Colombo for the ACC development committee meeting
last Friday so Butt had no chance for any one-to-one
interaction with any Indian official.
He said with time running out, Pakistan was now keen to
stage the series on schedule, wherever it may be.
"Pakistani cricket authorities are now resigned to the
fact that it is going to be difficult to get teams to fulfill
commitments to tour Pakistan so they are ready to play all
home series in 2009 at neutral venues including against
Australia in April," he said. PTI Cor
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