ISLAMABAD – The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is in troubleagainst Pakistan Cricket Board over claims of Rs 8 billion for not playingbilateral series against Pakistan.
BCCI has lost ground in the multi-million dollar compensation case againstthe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
The PCB filed the $70 million compensation case against BCCI for notfulfilling the Memorandum of Understand (MoU), which was signed at the timeof the formation of ‘Big Three’.
According to that MoU, arch-rivals were set to face each other in sixbilateral series from 2015-2023, four of which were supposed to be hostedby Pakistan.
However, not a single series was materialised after BCCI claimed that ithas not received permission from the federal government to play the Men inGreen due to political tensions between both countries.
But according to sources, the BCCI could not present single documentaryevidence where in front of the International Cricket Council (ICC)’sdispute resolution committee.
Due to the development, the PCB’s instance, which was put forward bychairman Najam Sethi and chief operation officer Subhan Ahmed in theirresponse, has strengthened where they maintained that BCCI’s case is weaksince both countries face each other in ICC and Asian Cricket Council(ACC)’s events, therefore, excuse of government permission becomes invalid.
Both Sethi and Ahmed also suggested that if their Indian counterparts hadsecurity issues of playing in Pakistan, they could’ve opted for a neutralvenue such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where arch-rivals are due toclash on September 19 in the Asia Cup.