Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan has said the body could seek legal recourse and also demanded compensation from the the Board of Control for Cricket in India after the International Cricket Council ruled in favour of Pakistan in a dispute over the women’s series in September, PTI reported.
“The ICC had asked the BCCI to show the letters or any other documents with their external ministry to confirm it didn’t send its team to play Pakistan in the ICC Women’s Champions League in the United Arab Emirates on advice of its government,” Khan was quoted as saying by PTI.
“The ICC technical committee awarded points to our women’s team declaring the series as forfeited by India because the BCCI couldn’t show any document which confirmed they were stopped by their government from playing the series,” he added.
The PCB chief stated the BCCI had failed to provide any evidence to prove they could not play Pakistan in a bilateral series due to government advice.
“The BCCI couldn’t show any document to the ICC to back their claim which is why the ICC committee awarded six points to Pakistan,” he said.
“We will seek legal recourse against the BCCI via the ICC platform and also proper compensation for the many series they have refused to play against us and caused us heavy losses,” he added.
India and Pakistan have played a full bilateral series since 2007 when Pakistan travelled to India.
The BCCI’s decision to not send the women’s team to play Pakistan in September, attracted penalties from the ICC and saw the Indian outfit docked six points.
The India’s women’s team is currently in Malaysia to play in the Asia Cup. They are scheduled to face Pakistan on November 29. The BCCI though has yet to clarify if the team will participate in the contest.
BCCI president Anurag Thakur has maintained that cricketing ties could not be resumed with the neighbouring country due to the heightened tensions between the to nations.
