LAHORE
New Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in charge Najam Sethi straightaway sprang into action by making his stance on India and Pakistan bilateral cricketing ties clear.
Sethi took charge of PCB on Thursday after Ramiz Raja was removed. Sethi has been appointed as head of the 14-member committee which will be responsible to run the cricketing affairs in Pakistan for the next four months.
“Governments in both countries have to be consulted when it comes to bilateral and other cricket relations between Pakistan and India,” Sethi told reporters in Lahore.
The BCCI and PCB have been at loggerheads ever since ACC chairman and BCCI secretary Jay Shah said India won’t travel to Pakistan for next year’s Asia Cup and that the tournament will be shifted to a neutral venue. In a sharp retaliation, Raja had threatened to pull out of the ODI World Cup scheduled to take place in India in the latter half of 2023.
Sethi, who was chairman and CEO between 2013 and 2018 before resigning after the Imran Khan-led government took charge in 2018, appeared unhappy with the announcement of the Pakistan Test squad for the home series against New Zealand by the old management.
