No bilateral cricket matches with Pakistan until it stops terrorism: India’s sports Minister
India will not play any bilateral cricket matches with Pakistan until the latter stops terrorism on the border, informed Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday.
Udaipur: India will not play any bilateral cricket matches with Pakistan until the latter stops terrorism on the border, informed Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday.
The Sports Minister, a former BCCI president, also recalled the decision of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) not to resume the bilateral cricket relations with Pakistan.
“The BCCI decided long ago that it will not play any bilateral matches with Pakistan until they stop terrorism. We will not resume our cricketing ties with Pakistan unless they stop carrying out attacks across the border or infiltration incidents,” Thakur, said as reported by the indiatoday.in.
The Minister said this while speaking to the reporters in Rajasthan’s Udaipur after he was asked about it following the speculations about India cutting-off its cricketing ties with Pakistan after four security personnel were killed in a fierce gunfight by terrorists in Anantnag of Jammu and Kashmir.
It is to be noted here that India and Pakistan played their bilateral series in 2012-13. However, both countries have faced each other only in ICC events and the Asia Cup. This apart, India last toured Pakistan in 2006 for a bilateral series.
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