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Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ehsan Mani has said the Pakistan team will “not beg” India or any other cricket team to play cricket with them, although he showed his interest in resuming the bilateral cricket ties with India.
“We will not beg India or any other country to play cricket with us; we want resumption of bilateral cricket ties with India in a decent and dignified manner,” the Dawn quoted Mani as telling the media at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.
Though India and Pakistan met several times in the multilateral events, they have not played any bilateral series since January 2013.
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Mani also confirmed that the Pakistan women’s team will play matches of the ICC women championship in India this November and the team’s participation will help them understand whether bilateral cricket ties between the two arch-rivals could be resumed anytime soon.
Mani further revealed PCB’s schedule of hosting Sri Lanka for two Test matches of the ICC Test Championship and then flying to Australia for one day and night and one day Test of the championship.
“We will host the Sri Lankan team for two Test matches of this inaugural edition of the event in September. Then our team will be flying to Australia in October/November for one day and night and one day Test of the championship,” the PCB chief said.
Mani also revealed how he is using his experience of heading the International Cricket Council (ICC) and his personal relations with different cricket boards to invite the foreign teams to play in Pakistan.
“We want to see our cricket arenas having international cricket activities on a regular basis, the way it used to be in the past and we are speeding up our efforts and contacts with cricket playing nations, as (now) things have improved a lot as far as the security situation is concerned,” he said.
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