The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan, in his fresh Board of Governors (BoGs) meeting revealed the Lahore-based body is going to take a strict action against the neighbouring country India’s Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) by filing a case within the constitution of world governing body ICC over the Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) between both the countries.
“Within the Board of Governors (BoGs) meeting, the house unanimously decided to sue the BCCI for not fulfilling its promise of playing bilateral series with Pakistan,” Shaharyar was quoted as saying by The Nation.
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However, the Board revealed they are lodging a legal complaint owing to the non-fulfillment of the MoU, as the process is framed to come under dispute resolution body set-up by ICC.
“We have taken all these steps, but no positive reply came from the BCCI, which always keep on saying, we are ready to play Pakistan but our government doesn’t allow us,” Shaharyar maintained.
The MoU was signed in 2014 as India and Pakistan were scheduled to play six-series between the time frame of 2015 and 2023.
Moreover, Pakistan was proposed to host four series out of six according to the Board, but the series’ didn’t take the place owing to the security concerns in the country.
“For filing this case in the ICC dispute resolution committee, we needed to fulfil the some requirements which included write a letter to the BCCI,” Shaharyar asserted.
Interestingly, the octogenarian chief’ mandate would end on August 18, as executive chairman of the Board Najam Sethi is all set to set on the throne as a new chief.
In the recent past, Shaharyar reiterated the Indian counterpart BCCI has failed to honour the MoU over bilateral series, before expressing the concern of losing the hefty amount of the money.
“Now all the requirements have been fulfilled and we are ready to sue them,” Shaharyar remarked.
Earlier, PCB has claimed the heavy loss after failing to host the series in between the time span of 2014-2017, while dispatching a notice to BCCI to pay the whopping amount of US$69 million to Pakistan.
Shaharyar while presiding over the BoGs meeting revealed Pakistan can only visit Bangladesh on the condition of the Tigers visiting the country to participate in a couple of matches.
“We will not send our team to Bangladesh for the third consecutive time until they visit Pakistan to play some matches,” Shaharyar was quoted as saying by Dawn.
On the other side Sethi, who was the part of a meeting expressed BoGs has allocated Rs one billion, in a bid to hire the legal representatives while fighting the legal case.