Published: Oct 20, 2015, 05:41 AM (IST)
Edited: Oct 20, 2015, 05:41 AM (IST)
Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Head of Executive Committee Najam Sethi will fly back to Pakistan after the Shiv Sena attacks at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquarters put a spanner on the proposed talks on resumption of cricketing ties with BCCI president Shashank Manohar in Mumbai. However, PCB Chairman Shahryar Khan has decided to come to Delhi on a “personal capacity” and is expected to meet some of the top Union Ministers. “I am going back but Mr Shaharyar Khan will be in Delhi. He has his family there and also he might meet Mr Arun Jaitley in a personal capacity,” Najam Sethi told a television channel today. READ: India-Pakistan cricket talks cancelled after Shiv Sena attack BCCI office in Mumbai
Khan arrived in Delhi by an evening flight though his itinerary for tomorrow has been kept under wraps. While BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said that there is no “scheduled official meeting lined up”, there is every possibility that Khan will meet some of the BCCI bigwigs as well as top BJP leaders at an undisclosed location. READ: Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar will not comentate during India vs South Africa 2015, 5th ODI at Mumbai
Earlier today, the Shiv Sean had attacked the BCCI office and barged into the office of President Shashank Manohar as a result of which the talks between the President of both boards have been temporarily called off. The talks are not happening as of now due to the current situation but you cannot say that it won’t happen in future,” a top BCCI source told PTI. The Secretary of the BCCI, Anurag Thakur has however ruled out any dialogue with Pakistan in the near future.
