No Decision Yet on India-Pakistan World Cup Match - Vinod Rai

The Committee of Administrators chief Vinod Rai has stated the final decision on India-Pakistan World Cup clash is yet to be taken. India and Pakistan match has come in jeopardy after BCCI is mulling to boycott its arch-rivals in the ICC World Cup 2019. The Indian Cricket Board is in talks of forfeiting the match against its arch nemesis.

The decision is contemplated in the wake of the Pulwama attacks in Jammy and Kashmir. A suicide bomber had crashed into a convoy of CRPF jawans which took the life of 42 soldiers. Since then, the brutal terrorists attack triggered a strong public reaction in India.

We will express concerns to ICC.

“No decision yet on India’s World Cup match against Pakistan,” Rai said after a top-level BCCI meeting. “We will express concerns to ICC. We are in talks with government on scheduled India-Pakistan clash in World Cup.”

Meanwhile, the CoA chief stated that they will write to ICC regarding the security of the players. Furthermore, Rai believes it is imperative to take severe actions against the country which promotes terrorism.

BCCI to donate IPL ceremony to CRPF jawans.

“We’ll write to ICC expressing our concerns about attacks that took place and that security of players, officials and everybody else must be taken care of. We’re telling cricketing community that in future we must sever ties with nations from where terror emanates,” Rai added.

Furthermore, Rai confirmed that there will be no IPL ceremony in the upcoming season.

“We’ll not have a regular IPL opening ceremony and the amount of the budget for the opening ceremony will be given to families of the victims of this terror attack,” Rai said.

India and Pakistan have always had a sour relationship. However, the recent terrorist attacks in Pulwama has added fuel to the fire. We will get a clear picture regarding the World Cup match after a meeting between BCCI and ICC which will take place on 27th February in Dubai.