PCB still hopeful of Indo-Pak series in December

October 24, 2015 13:11

A senior PCB official has said that there is still hope for the India-Pakistan bilateral cricket series to be held in December in the UAE.

Najam Sethi, who heads the PCB's executive committee, also downplayed reports that the BCCI had not followed the norms of hospitality while inviting the Pakistan cricket delegation to Mumbai.

"My impression is that the Indian board also wants to have the series. If they didn't want that they would not have invited us to Mumbai for talks in the first place," Sethi said on Geo Super channel.

He said one could assume the Indian board came under pressure after Shiv Sena extremists attacked the board offices in Mumbai and thought it better in their wider picture to not hold talks with the PCB delegation at that time.

"But they provided us security and protection to the airport when I and Subhan (Chief operating officer left Mumbai for Dubai on Monday" Sethi who signed the MOU with the Indian board last year as PCB Chairman said.

He said the Indian board had also kept them informed through an officer.

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