LAHORE – PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani has hit out at the Indian Cricket BoardBCCI hypocritic behaviour against Pakistan.
PCB chairman, has termed India’s stance on playing Pakistan “hypocrisy”.In a climate of political tension between the two countries, India have notplayed a bilateral match against Pakistan in any format since January 2013,but have met them 10 times since then in multilateral events.
In an interview with ESPNcricinfo, Mani said it was the “will of thepeople” that cricketing ties between India and Pakistan resume, and addedthat sporting contact would improve relations between the two countries.
“The main thing is that we play cricket against each other. When we playcricket, especially in our countries – when we go to India or when theycome here – helps in increasing people-to-people contact. Indian fans cometo Pakistan. Lakhs of fans have come to Pakistan from India and everyonegoes back happy.
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“There’s no better way to improve the relations between countries thanhaving sporting contacts, cultural contacts. For me, that is far moreimportant than any amount of money that comes into the game.
