The secretary of the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) Devajit Saikia says there isn’t any assurance that India and Pakistan gamers will shake arms after they play on the Ladies’s World Cup on Sunday.
Through the recently-concluded males’s Asia Cup, the groups performed one another 3 times, together with within the ultimate which was gained by India.
Within the first recreation, which was their first assembly for the reason that battle between the nations earlier this yr, Pakistan coach Mike Hesson stated India refused to shake arms.
The strain continued all through and culminated with India not accepting the winners’ trophy from Asian Cricket Council president Mohsin Naqvi, who can also be the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
“I can not forecast something, however our relationship with that exact hostile nation is identical, there isn’t any change within the final week,” Saikia instructed BBC Stumped.
“India will play that match in opposition to Pakistan in Colombo, and all cricket protocols can be adopted. I can solely guarantee that no matter is within the MCC rules of cricket, that can be carried out.
“Whether or not there can be handshakes, whether or not there can be hugging, I can not guarantee you of something at this second.”
Pakistan are primarily based in Colombo, Sri Lanka for the whole lot of the World Cup because the groups will solely face one another at impartial venues and in international competitions.
This coverage was in place even earlier than the four-day battle in April which adopted a lethal militant assault on vacationers in India-administered Kashmir.
If Pakistan qualify for the semi-final or the ultimate, they will even play their video games in Colombo.
Co-hosts India and Sri Lanka opened the event in Guwahati on Tuesday, with India profitable comfortably by 59 runs.
