LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) chairman, Shaharyar Khan, wrote a letter to the Indian cricket board secretary today, pressing him for an update on a proposed series between the arch rivals in December this year.
A two Tests, five one-day and one Twenty20 match series in United Arab Emirates is shrouded in uncertainty with volatile relations between the nuclear rivals at one of their lowest ebbs.
Pakistan accused India of killing nine civilians on the border last week, barely a week after talks between the countries' national security advisers were called off.
The two countries have not played a full series against each other since 2007, though Pakistan toured India for a short series in December 2012.
The PCB chairman told he had written to Anurag Thakur, secretary of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
“I have written a letter to Thakur, in the main saying that cricket and politics should be kept apart,” Khan told.
“I am positive that the BCCI shall be able to convince the Indian government that it ought to honour its MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the PCB,” he added.
Last year PCB and BCCI had signed a MoU under which they were scheduled to play six series in the 2015-2023 Future Tours Programme, but all were subject to clearance from New Delhi.
Khan, a former foreign secretary and a career diplomat, said that strained relations should not affect cricket.