To begin, ECB spoke with PCB about an Indo-Pak series, which is unusual. In any case, a series against Pakistan is not something that the BCCI will decide, but rather something that the government will decide.
As of now, the position remains unchanged. We only play Pakistan in multi-team tournaments On Tuesday, a senior BCCI official with knowledge of India’s position told PTI.
The two countries last played a short bilateral white-ball series in India in 2012, and the last Test series was in 2007. Given the tense political relations between the neighbours, the BCCI says no, whether it is played at home, away, or in a neutral venue.
The newspaper explains why the ECB made the generous offer. The matches would draw large crowds in the United Kingdom, which has a large ex-pat South Asian population, the report said.
The matches generate a lot of sponsorship money and television viewers. However, the paper stated that the PCB is not keen on playing India at a neutral venue but are grateful for the ECB’s offer, which demonstrates the two boards’ growing relationship.
It stated that now that the big nations are starting to tour Pakistan again, it will be a backward step in their eyes if they play on a neutral venue.
The BCCI has ‘offered’ England as a neutral venue for the India-Pakistan Test Series.
By tirupatinews
