PCB, BCCI to talk on Indo-Pak cricket ties after IPL: Subhan Ahmed

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmed has said that official talks with the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) to restore Indo-Pak cricket series will resume after the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).

Ahmed said that the PCB is in contact with Indian cricket board, Geo News reported.

If both sides bring minor changes to their schedule, an Indo-Pak series would be possible this year, he added.

Ahmed also said that the PCB was in contact with the ICC task team, and there would soon be good news about the restoration of international cricket in Pakistan.

Responding to a question related to runaway former wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haidar, who will return to Pakistan on April 25, Ahmed said that the player has yet to respond to the PCB’s letter.

The now retired wicketkeeper had stunned one and all by fleeing the team hotel in Dubai hours before the final one-day international against South Africa last year. After reaching London, he had claimed that he had got death threats from a person who wanted him to fix matches, and subsequently sought asylum in the United Kingdom.

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BCCI is in the dark about resumption of cricketing ties with Pakistan

BCCI is in the dark about resumption of cricketing ties with Pakistan
In response to the statement given by Pakistan cricket board Chairman Ijaz Butt, the Board of Cricket Control in India has stated that it was in dark about any such agreement.
Talking to the media personnel, N Srinivasan, the secretary of the BCCI said, “I have only read in the newspapers (about resumption of Indo-Pak cricket ties). I don’t know. You people know more than I know.”
The decision aired by the government came as a surprise for the BCCI authorities as the Indian cricket squad already has a full year.
Immediately after the ongoing IPL gala, India will visit the West Indies scheduled to play four Tests and five one-day internationals, followed by a tour of England in July and August.
Afterwards, England is scheduled to visit India for an ODI series in November, followed by the West Indies return tour. India will tour Australia towards the end of the year.
ICC's schedule envisages a Pakistan-India series in early 2012.
According to the sources, the Sri Lankan Cricket Board has also conveyed the PCB that its players were reluctant to visit Pakistan amid the threats of another terror attack. Thus, the proposed Pakistan Premier League along with the subsequent Test series may not materialise.

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