India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match to go ahead in Colombo on February 15 as PCB makes U-Turn

[coffee_rules]

How much ever we Indian fans abuse Pakistan and Bangladesh cricket boards of their Aukat , they have come out better than BCCI after the operation Sindoor lfiasco last year. All fans were asking for india to not play in the Asia cup four months after Pahalgam. Indian government didn’t have the guts to tell BCCI to drop out of Asia cup now, both Bangladesh and Pakistan have stood behind their stance. A big F. U to BJP Govt and BCCI

[New guy]

6 hours ago, tapandrun said:

If negotiations are still going on and icc wants pcb to play, think pcb will put a demand for a way to ensure a spot in upcoming olmpcs game.

 

There can be 6 teams -- 1 top team from each continent including the host +1 from qualifiers (this is not confirm yet)

So it will be like sa, ind, aus, eng, us +1 from qualification

 A warning is not negotiation. I see no reason why ICC will listen to any demands.

[raki05]

Snake Hussain have spoken up

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/nasser-hussain-backs-pakistan-bangladesh-in-their-stance-against-icc-in-t20-world-cup-row-someone-had-to-say-enough-101770254818977-amp.html
 

 

[Gollum]

33 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

How much ever we Indian fans abuse Pakistan and Bangladesh cricket boards of their Aukat , they have come out better than BCCI after the operation Sindoor lfiasco last year. All fans were asking for india to not play in the Asia cup four months after Pahalgam. Indian government didn’t have the guts to tell BCCI to drop out of Asia cup now, both Bangladesh and Pakistan have stood behind their stance. A big F. U to BJP Govt and BCCI

We should have played that tournament in India, Pooks would have boycotted it. 

 

Infuriating how we are playing our tournaments overseas (UAE, SL). So many big stadiums and cricket centres in India, our cricket-crazy fans deserve first right to watch those tournament games in their cities. 

[Suhaan]

13 minutes ago, raki05 said:

Snake Hussain have spoken up

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/nasser-hussain-backs-pakistan-bangladesh-in-their-stance-against-icc-in-t20-world-cup-row-someone-had-to-say-enough-101770254818977-amp.html
 

 

If both of these countries are digging holes for themselves, it is not India's responsibility to lift them up. Nasser Hussain is as always giving chumma

They have their own franchise cricket and generate their own revenue; they should pump that money back into their own systems no one is stopping them. They need to stop acting like beggars, pleading for bilateral series. They seem to forget that the other team in this so called 'rivalry' is India.

In fact, India could even ask the ICC to remove Pakistan from their group moving forward, ensuring there is no guaranteed match between the two sides.

[Gollum]

Hope Pak follows through with their decision.

 

All eyes on Jay Shah after that. If he doesn't manage to finish Pak cricket for good, he really will be the most useless guy on the planet. Someone like Srini mama would have been ideal, but let us see what Amit Shah's son does, he has the entire GOI machinery behind his back in case he needs more firepower to burn PCB to crisp. 

[tapandrun]

13 hours ago, New guy said:

 A warning is not negotiation. I see no reason why ICC will listen to any demands.

Not saying that negotiation are surely going on, but if its going on then there are only 2 ways for pcb to play Ind are:

• bd gov comes-up and say that they want pak team to play 
• 2nd is pak gov taking its decision back saying participation in another world event (olmpc.) are on the card.

 

Do not think pcb can override pak gov decision 

Edited February 5 by tapandrun

[jf1gp_1]

Our media and the way they are running the story is going to ensure we look bad irrespective of what happens on 15th

[Suhaan]

57 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Our media and the way they are running the story is going to ensure we look bad irrespective of what happens on 15th

Let the dust settle,it won't settle now

[jf1gp_1]

2 hours ago, raki05 said:

Snake Hussain have spoken up

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/nasser-hussain-backs-pakistan-bangladesh-in-their-stance-against-icc-in-t20-world-cup-row-someone-had-to-say-enough-101770254818977-amp.html
 

 

Why are you surprised? All the pent up hate is coming out now. Every one wants dollars but hates US. It's not different.

[Sgattick10]

 

[lemsip]

2 hours ago, raki05 said:

Snake Hussain have spoken up

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/nasser-hussain-backs-pakistan-bangladesh-in-their-stance-against-icc-in-t20-world-cup-row-someone-had-to-say-enough-101770254818977-amp.html
 

 

The key point that Hussain thinks he is making doesn't even make sense as it is based on a complete hypothetical - "Had India done XYZ at the last minute would the ICC have the guts to stand up to them" etc.  Well India haven't done anything at the last minute !

On a wider issue I don't think the ICC functions as a one man show unlike many governments these days. Plus even as an administrator Jay Shah is a wheeler and dealer not an enforcer. If the view Hussain is expressing is widely shared in the cricketing world, there is nothing to stop a firm anti India stand being expressed via the ICC. The fact that it isn't just tells you the faux moral outrage is silly,

[Number]

Chutiya Nass.

 

If tomorrow say Harry Brook is kicked out by any IPL team then will ECB team stop touring India ?

[jf1gp_1]

54 minutes ago, Sgattick10 said:

 

Rubbish. Why do we give these people platform to run their agenda.

[lemsip]

I think Pakistan is also misreading its cards and vastly overestimating the commercial attractiveness of India-Pak fixtures. Apparently their demands now include resintating Bangladesh, playing India-Pak in the WTC etc etc. 

The ICC is basically ineffectual but this is the right time for India to just snap ties and move on. Lack of India-Pak games doesn't really affect India long term.

[RajBan]

57 minutes ago, lemsip said:

The key point that Hussain thinks he is making doesn't even make sense as it is based on a complete hypothetical - "Had India done XYZ at the last minute would the ICC have the guts to stand up to them" etc.  Well India haven't done anything at the last minute !

On a wider issue I don't think the ICC functions as a one man show unlike many governments these days. Plus even as an administrator Jay Shah is a wheeler and dealer not an enforcer. If the view Hussain is expressing is widely shared in the cricketing world, there is nothing to stop a firm anti India stand being expressed via the ICC. The fact that it isn't just tells you the faux moral outrage is silly,

Exactly , this is the classic false equivalence that apologetics typically bring up not just in cricket but in terrorism and everything else.

 

The fact remains that India has disagreed to play in Pakistan but at the same time demonstrated the courtesy to play Pakistan in a neutral ground based on their commitment to ICC. Pakistan asked for a similar favour in return which was extended to them in this WC but now it is them who are shifting the goalposts and trying to blackmail ICC to get one over BCCI. 

 

I say ignore them. If there is any financial loss, let's bear that for once but then cut the snake's head permanently.

[raki05]

42 minutes ago, Number said:

Chutiya Nass.

 

If tomorrow say Harry Brook is kicked out by any IPL team then will ECB team stop touring India ?

Anyway these guys dont matter… whoever from ecb matters end up voting for bcci. So g@ndu Nass should ask question to ecb.

[goose]

the indian govt ripping up the mustafiz IPL contract was a poor move surely on the eve of their own WC. what did it achieve? bangladeshi's aren't welcome is a reasonable inference. 

[raki05]

I dont know why chutiya Indian media is engaging with all ex poorki icc chiefs. Indian media is most shameless.

[lemsip]

4 minutes ago, goose said:

the indian govt ripping up the mustafiz IPL contract was a poor move surely on the eve of their own WC. what did it achieve? bangladeshi's aren't welcome is a reasonable inference. 

Yes I agree. It was a silly and impulsively emotional move to interfere in a contract with a private league. Yet another example of the widespread lack of skill in wielding power competently. It was an unnecessary panga by BCCI for no reason. These decisions should have been taken at a government level - GOI could have stopped issuance of visas to Bangladesh citizens for example. Then the whole issue would have become moot.

Having said that, the issue with Pakistan has to be dealt with firmly once and for all. If they keep focusing on the commercials and the imagined worth of Indo-Pak fixtures  they will keep fudging out some compromise which is the BCCI's default setting. Again the easier way is for the GOI to simply snap all sporting ties with Pakistan and simply move on as many countries have done with Russia etc - India can easily cope. I doubt they will though unfortunately.