No question of playing in India: PCB chief

PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has asserted Pakistan can't play a bilateral series in India as preferred by using the BCCI. An afternoon after he found out that BCCI president Shashank Manohar had provided to host Pakistan in December, Khan made it clear that the collection could simplest be feasible handiest if India come and play inside the UAE.

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur had pointed out that the Indian authorities could not deliver the permission for India to play Pakistan inside the UAE. But Khan wants to recognize the motive. “there may be no question of playing in India. I nonetheless expecting the reason of now not gambling in UAE,”stated Khan. With both sides adamant about their stance, the problem has now formally turn out to be a deadlock.

Khan stated Pakistan had already performed two away collection in India and he didn't apprehend why the Indian authorities would no longer allow the players to compete within the UAE when the primary leg of the IPL’s 2014 edition changed into held there. “We went there in 2007 and 2012. This time not again. It is our collection and we will play at our home venue that's the UAE,” he reiterated. “what's the trouble playing in UAE as they had additionally played their IPL there as well so why no longer Pakistan series?”

according to the MoU signed in 2014 between the two forums, Pakistan were intended to host India for a domestic series comprising two checks, 5 ODIs and two Twenty20s. However, it's miles understood that simplest about a month’s window is to be had for the series as India journey to Australia on January 8 for restricted-over contests from January 12. According to a PCB respectable, Pakistan could now not mind a similar 50- and 20-over series and drop the tests thinking about the profits could amount to the identical.

Earlier than each sides start dealing with the trivialities, the PCB is awaiting the BCCI to send a proper suggestion, which Khan had asked of Manohar throughout their telephone verbal exchange last Friday. Khan is also of the opinion that the problem would be subsequently be decided no longer by the PCB, but by the Pakistan government.

If Pakistan do end up journeying to India, every other key query that desires attention is who gets telecast rights. Currently Ten sports is host broadcaster for the PCB while famous person India holds the broadcasting rights for suits organised with the aid of the BCCI.

Rajeev Sethi, Ten sports chief govt, said he turned into now not involved in the mean time. “Why need to we be?” Sethi stated. “deliver me the motive to be worried. We’ll be satisfied if this tournament happens.” requested whether or not he might hold that function if the collection takes region in India, Sethi stated, “I’m no longer pronouncing that. I’m pronouncing we’ll be satisfied if this event occurs because we understand contractually, ethically, logically we are the associate broadcasters for PCB and if the PCB is website hosting a tournament obviously we are the partner broadcasters.”

Sethi said that the problem became for the BCCI and the PCB to sort. “What i can say as in line with our contractual agreement with the PCB [is that] we're the host broadcasters. If the BCCI is the host their accomplice broadcaster is big name. If PCB is the host board then we are the partner broadcaster.

“we're operating with the PCB for more than 10 years now and there is a current term of any other five years [left]. The whole association of the contract said that we have been the broadcasters for the PCB, if they're the hosts. We have whole religion within the energy of our relationship [with the PCB].”