ICC denies ‘Iconic Status’ to India-Pakistan Test series in Future Tours Programme – Cricket News Update
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has turned down a proposal to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Grant-c60671 ‘Iconic Status’ to a Test series between India and Pakistan in its Future Tours Programme (FTP), for the next eight years. No specific reason has been cited for this decision, however,
some link it to issues related to TV broadcasting rights.
Talking to the media today, a BCCI official told, “There was a proposal to hold a iconic status Indo-Pak series every two years but it has not worked out due to number of reasons mainly because of television broadcasting issues.”
As the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hong-Kong-c2919, at the end of this month, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has communicated its concerns to the council about India’s passive response to play against
Pakistan at home or neutral venues.
A board’s official further elaborated, “The alterations are not 100 percent to our satisfaction but the FTPs now better for us than the one proposed before by some boards.”
Pakistan has been vying to play any format of of the game against India since long but India is denying continuously, citing security concerns.
Pakistan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, the two neighbouring giants of South Asia, have been at odds over certain political and territorial issues since the partition of 1947.
Moreover, the ongoing wave of unabated terrorism and militancy in Pakistan is a matter of deep concern for India.
Allegedly, some Pakistani terrorists attacked the Taj Mahal Hotel, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, in November of 2008, aggravating the already strained relations.
Moreover, the terrorist attack on Team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391 of 2009 made sure no International team visited the country.
Pakistan wants India to visit and play in Pakistan but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is continuously denying.
Pakistan and India last played a Test series at the home grounds of the latter during the 2007-08 season and India won 1-0.
As India and Pakistan are archrivals in cricket, any game between the two sides gets overwhelming response from the cricket loving community of the world.
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