On Wednesday, a top Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) official told news agency ANI that the World Cup 2019 match between India and Pakistan will be boycotted by them if the Indian government is against it. However, he added that if they don’t play against Pakistan, the latter will receive points despite the match not taking place. Later, the official clarified that the BCCI is yet to approach the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the issue.
"The situation with regard to the World Cup can only become clear after some time that is a little closer to the World Cup. ICC has nothing to do with it. If the government, at that point of time, feels that we should not play then we should not play. It is obvious that we won't play but result for that would be that Pakistan will get the points for the match and if it is the final match then without playing, Pakistan will win the cup," the BCCI official told ANI.
The apex cricketing body is said to hold a meeting in Dubai from February 27 and accordingly, there are chances that the India vs Pakistan match issue will be discussed. BCCI chief executive officer Rahul Johri and secretary Amitabh Chaudhry are expected to represent the Indian board in the meeting.
The two teams are set to play against each other in 2019 World Cup on June 16 but after the Pulwama terrorist attacks, a mass of cricket fans have demanded to boycott the encounter.
On February 14, a terrorist car carrying 350 kg of explosives rammed into a convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Kashmir. The incident resulted into death of over 40 CRPF jawans who were part of the 2,500-strong convoy consisting of 78 vehicles travelling from Jammu and going to Srinagar.
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