A video of former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin speaking about Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to invite Pakistan for a bilateral series. After the Andhra Pradesh High Court Thursday overturned the life ban imposed on him, former India cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin said he is "a relieved man" after having...
Relieved they might be at the revival of bilateral cricket ties with India but that would not stop the PCB from sending a delegation across the border to "take stock" of the security arrangements for Pakistan team's tour next month.
By CricketCountry Staff Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar clarified this stance on India-Pakistan cricket resumption and stressed that Indian players need to have time between England series during which they are slated to play Pakistan in the proposed series, starting in December.
By CricketCountry Staff
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar clarified this stance on India-Pakistan cricket resumption and stressed that Indian players need to have time between England series during which they are slated to play Pakistan in the proposed series, starting in December.
Victoria Nuland, spokesperson for the United States Department of State, said on Monday that Americans don't understand cricket, but they like it, particularly of the diplomatic variety between friend India and ally Pakistan.
President Asif Zardari has said that the revival of bilateral cricket ties with India will help improve people to people level contacts between the two countries.
Refusing to react to Sunil Gavaskar's criticism of the Indian cricket Board's decision to resume bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan, senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla on Monday said that the former India captain was entitled to his opinion.
Cricketing ties were amongst the many issues discussed between Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai and his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani during their two-day talks.
The clamour for revival of Indo-Pak bilateral cricket is growing with every passing day, but Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir is not overtly excited about it as he feels playing against the arch-rivals is no different from taking on a Bangladesh or an Australia.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Zaka Ashraf says with people on both sides of border keen on restoration of Indo-Pak cricket ties, "good news" would soon come on the issue.
In what will be music for the ears of thousands of sub-continental cricket lovers, Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik on Tuesday expressed the hope that bilateral cricketing ties between India and Pakistan will soon resume.