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Pakistan situation not conducive, says Shukla
Senior Board of Control for Cricket in India official Rajeev Shukla on Sunday made it clear that the Indian team will not be touring Pakistan due to serious security concerns that have been raised by all major cricketing nations. Pakistan recently sent a legal notice to BCCI claiming $6.9 million in damages for not honouring the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was signed between the two boa
New Delhi: Senior Board of Control for Cricket in India official Rajeev Shukla on Sunday made it clear that the Indian team will not be touring Pakistan due to serious security concerns that have been raised by all major cricketing nations.
Pakistan recently sent a legal notice to BCCI claiming $6.9 million in damages for not honouring the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was signed between the two boards.
"They have sent a notice and we will give appropriate response. We have had a consistent policy that we will play on each other's soil. Pakistan's security situation is not such where you can have a series on their soil. Only Zimbabwe has played a series and no other countries are touring Pakistan because they are not being able to provide adequate security," Shukla said.
The Congress MP said that if other countries are not feeling secure, it is even more sensitive when it comes to the Indian cricket team considering the tension that persists on the border."First you make your venues such where you can provide foolproof security. And for India, the security concerns are even more. How can we risk our players?" said the former BCCI vice-president and still a key figure in BCCI.
"Also BCCI's stated position is that we need government permission. How can we proceed till we get government permission?"While Shukla stressed that agreement is to play on each other's soil, a question was asked why can't the two countries play on neutral venues like they played West Indies in the US. Shukla said: "That series (two T20 Internationals) was played on mutual consent. We were exploring the US market. It was our series.
It's not because as if we couldn't play in West Indies and played in the US. About playing Pakistan at neutral venue, the two boards should agree."Even BCCI joint secretary Amitabh Choudhary agreed that only government can take a call when it comes to playing Pakistan."I can assure you this is a subject on which government has to accord permission. BCCI has already written to government in March. I can't make a comment," Choudhary said.
