BCCI can be banned if India boycott World Cup match against Pakistan
Last updated on: 21 February,2019 08:39 pm
Govt advised against any hurried decision to boycott India's World Cup 2019 match with Pakistan.
(Web Desk) – Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) can be banned if India boycott World Cup match against Pakistan, scheduled in June this year, Indian media reported.
Indian TV channel NDTV quoted sources as saying the government has advised against any hurried decision to boycott India s World Cup 2019 match with Pakistan as a reaction to the Pulwama attack.
Following the attack, which witnessed the death of over 40 Indian soldiers, there have been calls from many quarters not only to boycott the World Cup match, but also to seek Pakistan’s ban from the tournament. However, the government sources said that could act against India. “We should not get isolated in order to isolate Pakistan,” the sources told the channel.
“By not playing against Pakistan, we will be giving them a walk-over,” they said, referring to the two points India will lose if they don t field a team for the match. “Punitive action can be taken against us,” the sources further added. “ICC can even impose ban on BCCI.
“There is still lot of time. We should not react in hurry,” they further added.
Earlier, cricketers including Harbhajan Singh have asked for a cricketing boycott of Pakistan.
Indian fans and some of the former cricketers asked BCCI to boycott the World Cup 2019 match against Pakistan schedule in Manchester, England on June 16, 2019 after a suicide bomber killed 44 members of the Indian paramilitary police in Pulwama, Kashmir last week.
Meanwhile, International Cricket Council (ICC) said that Pakistan-India World Cup clash will be discussed on the sidelines of ICC meeting, which will be held in Delhi from February 27.