NEW DELHI – Indian Cricket Board makes a surprise announcement over playingseries against arch rival Pakistan.
Indian Cricket Board Committee of Administrators (CoA) chairman Vinod Raihas confirmed that India is willing to play against Pakistan at a neutralvenue.
The Supreme Court-appointed CoA is overseeing cricket administration inIndia, and it is in favor of playing against Pakistan.
Speaking to *Indian Express*, Vinod Rai said:
On playing Pakistan, I think there is a government policy that you can playon neutral territory and not on each others’. We are very clear in ourminds that on neutral territory we will play any country.
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Vinod further added that he was never in favor of boycotting the matchagainst Pakistan as it was being suggested by a number of former Indiancricketers and experts.
He clarified his position regarding his previous statements and said:
I was only taking a position to counter the rhetoric which had gainedmomentum in the public domain, that India should refuse to play withPakistan. If Pakistan came up in the semi-final and we withdrew. Isn’t thatshooting yourself in the foot? We would be closing avenues for ourselves,which I thought was an incorrect move.
