Thursday, 10 December 2015

PCB pushing Indo-Pak series for financial reasons, not cricket: Yousuf

Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf believes the proposed Pakistan-India series will do not anything else than filling up the Pakistan Cricket Board’s coffers because it will rarely have any effect on international cricket or the cricket of both countries.

“I don’t recognise what the fuss is all about. Even though Pakistan and India don’t play, it isn't always going to have an effect on world cricket or the cricket of both countries,” said Yousuf.

“All this speak about Indo-Pak cricket series being crucial for world cricket and for both international locations doesn’t make feel to me seeing that as it's miles we've got now not been gambling regularly for years now and but it has now not affected our cricket,” he stated.

Yousuf, who holds the document for scoring most runs in tests in a calendar yr, stated that handiest between 2004 and 2007 the cricketing family members between each nations normalised.

“in any other case historically there have usually been long gaps between the two countries. And it has no longer stopped the development of either Pakistan or Indian cricket. We've got survived well and if we don’t play against each other it doesn’t suggest worldwide cricket will stop,” he stated.

The 41-yr-vintage said that PCB have to be straightforward whilst pushing for the series through citing the revenues it would generate for the board.

“I just see the monetary perspective as the cause for pushing for the collection. And as far as I recognize the PCB is financially nicely off given the quantity of well-paid personnel they have got on their payroll, the perks and blessings loved by their senior officers and the lavish spending and tour of the board humans.”

“So i'd endorse the PCB to forestall speakme approximately the importance and necessity for gambling with India as it'd enhance global cricket.”

Yousuf also discovered that if Pakistan had any monetary constraints they could now not have been organising the Pakistan extraordinary League.

“The truth that we are going to have the Pakistan extraordinary League suggests we don’t have any monetary problems. It is some other element simply how this event will gain the home degree players ultimately,” he said.

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