India and Pakistan cricketers shake fingers after their conflict was referred to as off halfway as a consequence of rain. (AP Photo)
Roger Binny revealed that BCCI alone cannot take the steps for resumption of bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan, they would wish the assistance of each governments
BCCI president Roger Binny and vice-president Rajeev Shukla lately returned to India through the Attari-Wagah border from Pakistan after attending a few Asia Cup matches on an invite from the Pakistan Cricket Board. After coming again to India, Binny provided a optimistic replace when quizzed about the opportunity of resumption of bilateral cricket collection between the 2 neighbours.
The 1983 ODI World Cup winner stated that he was hopeful that bilateral cricket can resume between India and Pakistan who face one another solely in Asia Cup and ICC occasions in recent times.
Binny did insist nonetheless that BCCI alone can not resolve the matter, it is going to additionally want intervention from the governments of each nations.
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“BCCI can’t say. It is a authorities challenge, they usually must take a name. We want to attend and see. And hopefully, it is going to occur as a result of the (ODI) World Cup is arising, Pakistan staff can be in India to play,” Binny informed PTI on Wednesday upon his return from Pakistan. It was the primary time in 17 years, that BCCI officers travelled throughout the border.
Binny and Shukla were seen attending the clash between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore wherein the hosts registered a convincing 7-wicket win. In the meantime, India and Pakistan are set to meet once again in the Asia Cup 2023, but this time it will be in Colombo during the Super 4 clash.
The last time India and Pakistan faced off each other in bilateral cricket was back in 2006, India last visited Pakistan in 2008, during the Asia Cup, and Pakistan’s last trip across the border was during the 2016 T20 World Cup.
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For more than a decade now, the two nations have only met in Asia Cup and ICC events, and Binny is hopeful that cricket can be the method to cater peace between the two neighbours.
“Cricket has always been an important medium even before. Take the 2004 tour, for example; the atmosphere that was created resulted in a great friendship and trade delegations. The shopkeepers were not even taking money from people, that was a great atmosphere,” added the BCCI supremo.
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