Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. The former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Khalid Mahmood has hit out at the government’s decision to form a high-level committee to decide on the national cricket team’s participation in the 2023 ODI World Cup in India.
Karachi, Jul 9 (PTI) The former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Khalid Mahmood has hit out at the government’s decision to form a high-level committee to decide on the national cricket team’s participation in the 2023 ODI World Cup in India. Mahmood, in whose tenure Pakistan made a full tour of India in 1999 and who himself visited the neighbouring country in 1989 as manager of the junior team, said it made no sense to form this committee. Also Read | Wimbledon 2023: Manas Dhamne Moves into Second Round of Boys’ Singles Competition. “The interesting thing is that no representative of the main stakeholder, the Pakistan Cricket Board is on the committee,” Mahmood said in an interview. He cautioned that this was not the time to link Pakistan’s participation in the World Cup to the Asia Cup being held in Pakistan. Also Read | Sunil Chhetri Reveals How He Can Beat Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. “While I agree that there is no justification for India not to tour Pakistan now but this is not the way things are done at the international level.” Mahmood said by forming this committee of ministers, the government had itself contradicted its policy…
