‘Pakistan-India series may be reduced to meaningless fixtures’

The a good deal-blighted Pakistan-India collection can be curtailed right into a meaningless spherical of two ODIs and one T20 ought to the Board of control for Cricket in India (BCCI) preserve to offer a dead bat to its counterpart, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) professional said on Tuesday.

The destiny of a deliberate collection among Pakistan and India is expected to be determined during a go to to Islamabad by using India’s foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, who arrived in Pakistan to attend the coronary heart of Asia local convention.

But in step with the PCB respectable, who requested anonymity, India’s reluctance to give Pakistan a clear answer has left the board with possibility of arranging only a totally short collection that can see the wide variety of video games being reduced.

“both the boards can't delay the dates of the series as both the groups have their worldwide commitments in January,” the reputable said.

Consistent with the legit the series couldn't be organised “before or after December 15” which might suggest chopping one ODI from the three ODI collection and eliminating one game from the two-fit T20 collection.

The collection, agreed among the two boards in a memorandum of expertise signed remaining year, changed into firstly scheduled to pit the two groups in 3 checks, 5 ODIs and  T20s, however bumped into trouble amid strained political family members.

On Monday, the PCB stated it become looking ahead to the Indian government’s approval of a shortened restrained-over collection three one-day and two T20 internationals to be held in Sri Lanka which it agreed with the BCCI final month.

The PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, who had given the BCCI a December 7 deadline to decide on the collection, stated: “We were informally informed that Swaraj will talk on cricket and decide the destiny of the series.”

Pakistan prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi met at the sidelines of a weather exchange conference in Paris closing week as the 2 international locations seek a thaw in members of the family.

That casual meeting become accompanied via “cordial” talks between the Indian and Pakistani countrywide protection advisers in Bangkok on Sunday, giving Khan clean hope the collection may want to yet take area.

“The recent meeting among the 2 prime ministers and security advisers’ assembly in Bangkok have hinted the state of affairs between Pakistan and India will improve,” he said.

Making arrangements for the series that could run from Dec 17-Jan 3 could be “difficult” at such brief notice, Khan stated, “however we are able to do it as soon as we get clearance from the Indian authorities”.