The secretary of the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) Devajit Saikia says there is no such thing as a assurance that India and Pakistan gamers will shake arms once they play on the Ladies’s World Cup on Sunday.
Through the recently-concluded males’s Asia Cup, the groups performed one another thrice, together with within the remaining which was gained by India.
Within the first sport, which was their first assembly because the battle between the nations earlier this yr, Pakistan coach Mike Hesson mentioned India refused to shake arms.
The stress continued all through and culminated with India not accepting the winners’ trophy from Asian Cricket Council president Mohsin Naqvi, who can also be the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
“I can’t forecast something, however our relationship with that specific hostile nation is identical, there is no such thing as a change within the final week,” Saikia informed BBC Stumped.
“India will play that match in opposition to Pakistan in Colombo, and all cricket protocols might be adopted. I can solely guarantee that no matter is within the MCC laws of cricket, that might be executed.
“Whether or not there might be handshakes, whether or not there might be hugging, I can’t guarantee you of something at this second.”
Pakistan are primarily based in Colombo, Sri Lanka for the whole thing of the World Cup because the groups will solely face one another at impartial venues and in international competitions.
This coverage was in place even earlier than the four-day battle in April which adopted a lethal militant assault on vacationers in India-administered Kashmir.
If Pakistan qualify for the semi-final or the ultimate, they can even play their video games in Colombo.
Co-hosts India and Sri Lanka opened the event in Guwahati on Tuesday, with India profitable comfortably by 59 runs.
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