Islamabad, Oct 12 : Outgoing Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt has said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has agreed on having an Indo-Pak charity match in the near future to raise funds for Pakistan''s flood victims.
“I had a very good meeting with BCCI president N Srinivasan, and we discussed the resumption of bilateral cricketing ties and also the possibility of having a charity match for the flood victims,” the Daily Times quoted Butt, as telling reporters on his return from Dubai.
“During our discussions, the BCCI president was receptive to having a match to raise funds for the flood victims in Pakistan. He said the BCCI would cooperate in this regard with the PCB,” he added.
Butt also revealed that the two boards discussed the existing cricketing ties, and added that things needed to be worked out for the resumption of bilateral series.
“Obviously we are keen to resume playing bilateral cricket matches and the governments have also said this should happen. I discussed this with the BCCI president and he is receptive, but some things need to be worked out,” he said.
Pakistan are due to tour India in March-April next year as part of the Future Tours Programme (FTP) to play three Tests and five one-dayers, apart from a Twenty20 International. However, the PCB has indicated that it is trying to convince India to allow it to host some matches of the series in Pakistan or at neutral venues as some compensation for the Indian team''s cancelled tour to Pakistan in early 2009 following the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Butt admitted that the BCCI felt that whenever bilateral series resumed, matches should be held in either Pakistan or India.
"They don''t support the concept of neutral venues," he added.
Butt also confirmed that it was decided at the recent International Cricket Council’s executive board meeting in Dubai that the next president of the ICC would come from either Pakistan or Bangladesh.
“Both countries will have a consensus candidate for the ICC president,” he said. (ANI)
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