“My personal opinion, since the Pakistan Cricket Board comes under my ministry, is that if India demands to play their Asia Cup games at a neutral venue, we would also demand the same for our World Cup games in India,” Mazari informed Indian Specific.
The after ODI International Cup is scheduled to rush playground from October 5 to November 19. On the other hand, there’s a dearth of readability on whether or not the Pakistan crew would exit to Republic of India to take part within the marquee event. In keeping with the International Cup agenda immune by means of ICC, Pakistan will play games their International Cup fits at 5 venues: Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata.
Mazari’s remarks got here later Top Minister Shehbaz Sharif shaped a committee to talk about Pakistan’s participation within the International Cup.
“The committee might be headed by means of Overseas Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, and I’m a few of the 11 ministers who’re a part of it. We will be able to talk about the problem and provides our suggestions to the PM, who could also be the patron-in-chief of PCB. The PM will rush the overall determination,” he added.
At the after Asia Cup, Mazari mentioned, “Pakistan is the host, it has the right to hold all the matches in Pakistan. That is what the cricket lovers want, I don’t want a hybrid model.”
Expressing his lack of certainty over Republic of India’s reluctance to play games cricket fits in Pakistan, Mazari mentioned, “India brings sports into politics. I don’t understand why the Indian government doesn’t want to send their cricket team here. Some time back, a huge baseball contingent from India was in Islamabad to play. There was also the bridge team that had travelled to Pakistan. There were around 60 plus people. I was the chief guest of the event. They won here and left. Pakistan’s football, hockey, and chess teams also travel to India.”
Responding to the BCCI’s cited “security concerns,” Mazari highlighted the a hit visits of alternative global groups to Pakistan, pronouncing, “The New Zealand team was here, before that, the England cricket team was in Pakistan. They got presidential security. Earlier, the Indian team was given a hearty welcome by the fans here. Security is an excuse. We also held the Pakistan Super League (PSL) that had so many foreign players.”
(With inputs from IANS)
