BCCI to ICC: Don’t put Pak in same group in tourneys

Mumbai: With the bilateral relations deteriorating, BCCI on Friday decided that India will avoid playing Pakistan even in the multi-nation tournaments and asked the ICC not to place the teams of the two countries in the same group. The issue was discussed on the sidelines of the Special General Meeting against the backdrop of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. 

“Keeping in mind that the government has adopted a new strategy to isolate Pakistan and in view of the public sentiment in the country, we request ICC not to put India and Pakistan in the same pool of the multi-nation tournaments,” BCCI president Anurag Thakur said. PTI