Pakistan to tour India for one-off match this year: PCB – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 will not enable them to play a bilateral series, a one-off match could be on the cards for the two neighbours.
“It is not possible to have a full series this year but we definitely want things to move forward so we will go and play a one-off game in India this year,” confirmed Ashraf to the
Express newspaper. “… we have had successful talks with the BCCI officials. I feel even one match would be enough to convey the message that we have revived and normalised bilateral cricket ties.”
The sporting relations between the teams have been in a deadlock ever since the 2008 terror attacks in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, which froze the diplomatic ties between the two countries. Since then, attempts to revive the relations have culminated in dead-ends, with incidents
such as the exclusion of Pakistani players from the Indian Premier League auctions souring the relations further.
However, the situation appears to be on an upward path in the light of recent developments – the BCCI recently invited Ashraf to watch the IPL final in Chennai, and Pakistan’s domestic T20 champions, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 Stallions, have been granted permission to
compete in the Champions League T20 tournament, to be held later this year.
The resumption of ties was further boosted by the recent agreement to play a bilateral series in India, and this has since been revised and converted to a one-off match which will fit into both teams’ hectic schedules. Pakistan is currently on a tour of
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in August this year.
The PCB chief revealed that the dates for the proposed match would be announced later this month, most likely after the International Cricket Council’s meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
“Hopefully within this month we could be in a position to announce the date for a one-off bilateral match that Pakistan will go and play in India.”
“We want to establish exemplary relations with the Indian board,” Ashraf added.
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