Pakistan seeks India’s assist to avoid wasting its bankrupt Cricket Board however India is aware of higher

In an try and jumpstart the cricketing ties and fill its dry, bankrupt coffers with cash, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) not too long ago orchestrated an elaborate lobbying try by planting tales within the native media circles that India and Pakistan may quickly renew their rivalry on the cricket area later this 12 months.According to a report in a Pakistan every day, the nation’s nationwide cricket board had been informed to be prepared for a bilateral sequence with India later in 2021 with a chance of the 2 rivals taking part in three T20s throughout a six-day window. “We’ve been told to be prepared,” a PCB official was quoted as saying by Daily Jang.Sensing {that a} sequence was within the offing, Pakistan’s ever-green cricketer Shahid Afridi additionally chimed in and remarked that the sequence may mend ties between the 2 nations.“Cricket between Pakistan and India is very important. Sports should be kept away from politics. Relations between the two countries can improve because of cricket,” Afridi was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan. The assertion coming from Shahid Afridi is a bit hypocritical as he was the identical one who on a visit to ‘Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir’ foul-mouthed the Indian Prime Minister.Read extra: ‘Stay within your limits, Kashmir belongs to India!’ Dhawan, Yuvraj, Harbhajan rip aside Shahid Afridi for abusing IndiaHowever, earlier than the incident may snowball into one thing greater than a strand of fallaciousness — the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajiv Shukla got here out and rebuffed the claims in addition to the experiences stating in any other case. Shukla reiterated the truth that the Indian board can’t organise a bilateral sequence with the Pakistan cricket workforce except it’s given a inexperienced sign by the Indian authorities.“No such discussion has taken place within the board. Our stand has been the same in the last ten years. Unless we get approval from the government, we can’t have a bilateral series with Pakistan,” mentioned Shukla in an interview with Dainik Jagran.BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla on experiences of an India-Pakistan sequence “No such discussion has taken place within the board. Our stand has been the same in the last ten years. Unless we get approval from the government, we can’t have a bilateral series with Pakistan” #Cricket— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) March 26, 2021The final time the 2 nations performed a bilateral sequence with one another was means again within the 12 months 2012-13. Since then, the 2 groups have solely locked horns in ICC tournaments and Asia Cup. The final occasion India and Pakistan matched up towards one another was within the 2019 World cup the place India gave a battering to its arch-rival and saved its 100 per cent profitable file within the World Cups intact.Read extra: Humiliation for PCB because it pays USD 1.6 million to BCCI after shedding the case in ICC’s Dispute Resolution CommitteeIndia has nothing to lose, even when the bilateral sequence doesn’t happen. However, PCB, which is already bleeding dry because of the postponement of PSL for the second straight season is attempting to organise the sequence in order to remain afloat. Thus, in a last-ditch try and sway public opinion, PCB began the whole marketing campaign — solely to see it bomb spectacularly of their faces.