ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani onThursday said that the BCCI has rejected its invitation to attend the PSLfinal to be held in Karachi on March 17.

PCB chairman Mani said they had sent invitations to the InternationalCricket Council (ICC) and all its affiliated boards to attend the PakistanSuper League (PSL) summit clash but the ICC chairman Shashank Manohar andBCCI acting-president C. K. Khanna had both cited personal engagements fortheir unavailability.

Ehsan Mani said:

Both Khanna and Manohar have refused to visit Pakistan to watch the finalof the tournament citing personal engagements.

Mani, however, said ICC chief executive Dave Richardson will be in Karachito watch the game.

Mani said invitations were sent out to senior officials of India, England,Ireland, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and SriLanka cricket boards before relations between India and Pakistan haddeteriorated after the ghastly Pulwama terror attack.