Pakistan's spin duo Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman have called for restoration of bilateral cricket ties with India.
The interim chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Najam Sethi has said that he will be meeting with his Indian counterpart N Srinivasan next month to discuss a host of issues, including the resumption of bilateral cricket ties and Pakistani players participation in Indian Premier League (IPL).
Dismissing chances of an India-Pakistan bilateral cricket series in near future, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) joint-secretary Anurag Thakur has said it is not possible to resume sporting ties until the situation at the borders normalise.
Blaming it on lack of bilateral series with India, the Pakistan Cricket Board claims to have lost approximately USD 80 million in its broadcasting deal with the Dubai-based Ten Sports that ended last month.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has claimed that a tour by the Indian team to Pakistan had almost been finalised before the recent situation across the Line of Control (LoC) "spoiled everything".
By Rezaul H Laskar Pakistan's opposition PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday welcomed the resumption of cricketing ties between India and Pakistan, saying it would help normalise relations between the two neighbouring countries.
By Rezaul H Laskar
Pakistan's opposition PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday welcomed the resumption of cricketing ties between India and Pakistan, saying it would help normalise relations between the two neighbouring countries.
In the space of two days, the media manager of PCB has contradicted two reports relating to future matches during Pakistan's tour of India in December for a short series, aimed at reviving bilateral ties between the two nations.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday said the BCCI should be "publicly whipped" for the decision to resume bilateral cricket series with Pakistan.
Former India cricket captain Bishan Singh Bedi extended his support to the revival of Indo-Pak cricketing ties, saying the sport should not be mixed with politics.
A video of India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni expressing his views on the resumption of bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan. “It is important to start from somewhere. If it is cricket, then so be it, because we are not ambassadors of only cricket but sports at large,” he said. “Things can...