PCB declines request for Indian veterans tour

[Markhor]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan...ry/486546.html

The PCB has declined a request by the Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association (PVCA) to write to the BCCI and invite an Indian veterans team to play in Pakistan. The PVCA, following the PCB's refusal, have sought help from the Pakistan President, who is also the patron-in-chief of the country's cricket board. "We have written a letter to PCB's patron-in-chief Mr Asif Ali Zardari asking him to instruct the board to accept our request of writing to BCCI," Fawad Ijaz Khan, the president of the PVCA said. "The tour is being organised for a noble cause and therefore the cause should be supported as it will only help in rebuilding the lost image of Pakistan." There has been no international cricket in Pakistan since the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore in March last year, while a breakdown in diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks in November 2008 have affected cricketing ties between the two countries. Pakistan cricketers have not featured in the last two IPLs, and haven't played India in a bilateral series since. There have been attempts on the Indian side to get the tour going. The Veterans Cricket Association of India (VCAI) had agreed to tour Pakistan to play Twenty20 matches to raise funds for flood victims, but required approval from the BCCI. Former India opener Chetan Chauhan, president of the VCAI, said that the Indian body had applied to the BCCI for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) more than six weeks ago. "We are not associated with the BCCI but we always want to be on the safe side and so we take an NOC with the BCCI and then go to the Sports Ministry and after that the Home Ministry for the visa process." The process of going through the paperwork once the NOC was received from the BCCI, he said, would take about three weeks. Chauhan said his Pakistani counterparts had assured the VCAI of PCB's support. Chauhan wanted the Pakistan veterans body to get a letter of support from the PCB. "We asked for this letter of of assistance and co-operation, so we can talk to the BCCI. If the PCB directly wrote to the BCCI, there would be nothing like it. We would really want to help their cause." There is a good chance that the entire process may have been slowed down at the Indian end, due to security concerns on the part of the Indian veterans themselves, with some officials fearing last-minute withdrawals by cricketers they would have decided to select for the tour.

[kingusama92]

Why would you reject a charity match proposal?

[taq12345]

I just..I just...I just don't get it

[sanakazmi]

I read and this this morning and thought saying yes to this offer was such a no-brainer that I wanted to blast off an angry post about it ASAP. But I was on the road, so I thought about a bit more. I think the issue might be that if they have ex-Indian cricket icons they'd have to provide security for them, and that might be more complicated than it seems.

[LegCutter]

Ha! In your face India! We dont need your Golden Oldies playing country on our sacred land

[Sherazkhalid]

Originally Posted by LegCutter Ha! In your face India! We dont need your Golden Oldies playing country on our sacred land

you really said that

[Random Aussie]

Originally Posted by LegCutter Ha! In your face India! We dont need your Golden Oldies playing country on our sacred land

[saeed-sohail]

What else do you expect Butt regime?

[atif.raza]

Originally Posted by LegCutter Ha! In your face India! We dont need your Golden Oldies playing country on our sacred land

Are you 8? Seriously!!

[KingKhanWC]

It doesn't say why the PCB declined.

[kingusama92]

Originally Posted by LegCutter Ha! In your face India! We dont need your Golden Oldies playing country on our sacred land

Wow.

You do know what the reason for this tour is right?

It's for our own betterment and you come up with this nonsense.

[Fawad2010]

Why PCB?

[Schickelgruber]

Originally Posted by LegCutter Ha! In your face India! We dont need your Golden Oldies playing country on our sacred land

PP never fails to amaze just like our cricket team

[Prince_Pathan]

more retartedness...tbh they would eat the charity money anyways so why bother

[eViLrAcEr]

Originally Posted by kingusama92 Why would you reject a charity match proposal?

Especially when your country NEEDS a team to tour it again.

Personally, now I think...this is all a conspiracy BY PCB to shame Pakistani Cricket. Those fat b-tards have lost all dignity.

[Shoaib356]

[161]

Mind boggling ...

That was the perfect set up for resuming regular international matches.

[hamzamunir]

[hamzamunir]

^ current state of Pakistan Cricket Stadiums.

[qaiser]

Originally Posted by kingusama92 Why would you reject a charity match proposal?

not getting 10%

[sully3]

Originally Posted by LegCutter Ha! In your face India! We dont need your Golden Oldies playing country on our sacred land

is this Ijaz Butt himself

[eViLrAcEr]

Originally Posted by sully3 is this ijaz butt himself

qft!!!!!

[jeetu]

Ijaz Butt's brain needs to saved for generation to come , its simply unique.

[Schickelgruber]

Originally Posted by sully3 is this Ijaz Butt himself

I love you hahaahahahahahahahahahahah <3

[kingusama92]

Originally Posted by jeetu Ijaz Butt's brain needs to saved for generation to come , its simply unique.

I think his brain was declared missing eons ago.

[cricketindiafan]

Poor stuff from both the sides. BCCI should have expedited it from their end and PCB should have put in their own bit to have this tour. Would have been good to see the veterans play to raise funds for the flood victims.

Sometimes these kind of deisions make absolutely no sense at all.

[GOAT]

Originally Posted by Schickelgruber I love you hahaahahahahahahahahahahah <3

LOL run away sully. Run away noww

[RehanG]

lol its PCB for u, may be security ? but still babo ko ane dena tha

[Markhor]

Getting on India's good books with this match would've opening a gateway to host matches again.

[Stumps]

Why do the veterans need these clearance certificates?
It's not like these players will play in their countries Test/ODI/2020 matches, will they?

An excellent proposal met with the usual disdain and incompetence.

[Prince_Pathan]

like the pcb...deluded precious...

[Indiafan]

Originally Posted by kingusama92 Wow. You do know what the reason for this tour is right? It's for our own betterment and you come up with this nonsense.

Seeing his wordings, I am 100% sure he meant it in a sarcastic vein

[JibranAnsari]

Originally Posted by LegCutter Ha! In your face India! We dont need your Golden Oldies playing country on our sacred land

Are u ejaz butt in disguize? .lol just editing didnt know had already been said :d

[kingusama92]

Originally Posted by Indiafan Seeing his wordings, I am 100% sure he meant it in a sarcastic vein

You might be giving him too much credit there.

[Indiafan]

Originally Posted by kingusama92 You might be giving him too much credit there.

'Golden oldies'? 'Sacred land'? Come on who talks like that in the 21st century?

[kingusama92]

Originally Posted by Indiafan 'Golden oldies'? 'Sacred land'? Come on who talks like that in the 21st century?

Bal Thackerey and Legcutter.

[1137moiz]

^hahaha I can't believe what Legcutter wrote either