Politics and Cricket are separate: IPL Chairman

November 28, 2015 | 11:20 AM | 2 Views
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After the decision has taken between both the countries India and Pakistan to play their bilateral series at Sri Lanka the IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla said that, Cricket should be kept away from Politics.

"I am optimistic that the government will give the go-ahead to us. Both the Boards (BCCI and PCB) have agreed for Sri Lanka as a venue. The whole idea is to resume cricket between the two countries," Shukla said on Friday.

"From day one, I have been maintaining that cricket should not be brought into political controversy. Even the (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee government had given the nod in a worse situation. We had sent the Indian team to Pakistan. I think, we should play Pakistan," Rajiv added further.

This response from Shukla has been taken after the announcement from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) that no decision has been taken regarding the series between India and Pakistan.

"No decision has been taken on the India-Pakistan cricket series," MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup's twitter handle read. This tweet made Shukla to react.

Whereas, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has got green signal from Nawaz Sharif to play the bilateral series in the so decide neutral country.

The only decision now left is with the MEA of India. Sushma Swaraj who was busy in the 24th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta has to give the green signal for the series.

Both countries have not played Test cricket since 2007, but Pakistan toured India in the winter of 2012-13 for a short limited-over series.

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