Wahab Riaz expects PCB, BCCI will amicably settle issues
Cricket
Says both teams should visit each other’s countries
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Renowned fast bowler Wahab Riaz has expressed hope that cricket boards of Pakistan and India will find out an amicable solution to the issue of their team’s participation in the Asia Cup and World Cup this year.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are involved in an ongoing cold war with the latter stubborn over not willing to send its team to Pakistan for the Asia Cup in September.
The PCB, in turn, has hinted at the possibility of the Babar Azam-led unit boycotting the World Cup a month later. But the Najam Sethi-led board has also proposed a ‘hybrid model’ that — if accepted — would see both teams playing their respective matches at neutral venues in the tournaments in question.
Addressing a press conference here, Advisor to the Government of Punjab on Sports Wahab said the model was a good option and he felt that it was one of the ways cricket would go on, which, for the left-armer was the most important thing.
Wahab was of the view that politics should be separated from the sports and that both teams should visit each other’s countries.
Meanwhile, the 37-year-old player announced that the Punjab government will be awarding a monthly honourarium of Rs 20,000 to support the province’s international hockey players.
Wahab said a list of 300 players was being finalised and that it will include both active and retired athletes.
