NEW DELHI: Pakistan batting nice Javed Miandad expressed robust criticism in the direction of India, suggesting that Pakistan ought to chorus from visiting India for matches, together with the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup, until the BCCI agrees to ship its crew to Pakistan first.
In response to the ICC’s draft schedule, Pakistan are set to face India in a extremely anticipated World Cup match at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on October 15.
Nevertheless, the 66-year-old ex-captain believes that it’s now India’s flip to reciprocate by endeavor a tour of Pakistan.
“Pakistan has been to India in 2012 and even in 2016 now it’s the flip of the Indians to come back right here,” Miandad stated.
“If I needed to decide I might by no means go to India to play any match, even the World Cup. We’re all the time able to play them (India) however they by no means reply in the identical method.
“Pakistan cricket is larger…we’re nonetheless producing high quality gamers. So I do not assume even when we do not go to India it can make any distinction to us,” he added.
India final visited Pakistan in 2008 for the 50-over Asia Cup. Since then bilateral cricket ties have been suspended attributable to long-standing geo-political tensions between the 2 nations.
Miandad feels sports activities shouldn’t be combined with politics.
“I all the time say one cannot select its neighbours, so it’s higher to dwell by cooperating with one another. And I’ve all the time stated cricket is a sport which brings folks nearer to one another and might take away misunderstandings and grievances between international locations,” he stated.
Miandad’s recent assault got here after Pakistan have been pressured to host the upcoming Asia Cup in a hybrid mannequin with India enjoying all their matches in Sri Lanka.
This resolution did not go down properly with Miandad, a vocal critic of India.
“It was on the playing cards that they’d once more not ship their crew to Pakistan for the Asia Cup so it’s time we additionally take a powerful stand now,” he stated.