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India and Pakistan to resume sporting ties
Rival neighbours to resume direct sports games, frozen since the deadly 2008
Mumbai attacks, in a bid to thaw ties.
Last Modified: 14 Apr 2011 09:40
India broke off diplomatic relations with Pakistan after the 2008 Mumbai
attacks which killed 166 people [Reuters]
India and Pakistan have agreed to resume direct sporting ties, including
cricket games, which were frozen after the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008.
The move comes just two weeks after Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister,
and his Pakistani counterpart, Yousuf Raza Gilani, watched their respective
teams play in the semi-final of the Cricket World Cup in northwest India.
The national cricket boards of the nuclear-armed, traditional rivals are
expected to decide on exactly when the first cricket series will take place,
several Indian newspapers reported, citing unidentified government sources.
India broke off diplomatic and sporting links with Pakistan after 10 gunmen
launched co-ordinated attacks on targets in Mumbai, killing 166 people in
November 2008. India blamed Pakistan-based fighters for the assault.
The Mint newspaper quoted one government source as saying that India's cricket
team would tour Pakistan next year, with a return series in India the year
after.
Safety concerns
Ratnakar Shetty , the chief administrative officer of the Board of Control for
Cricket in India, told the AFP news agency that his organisation was yet to be
formally notified of the decision to resume cricket ties.
No international cricket team has visited Pakistan to play any match since
fighters launched a gun and grenade assault on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket
team on March 3, 2009.
The attack saw Pakistan stripped of its right to co-host the just-concluded
2011 Cricket World Cup.
Principal adviser to the International Cricket Council, IS Bindra said the
resumption of direct cricket ties was a "welcome step".
"It's a nice thing not only for India, but for world cricket as a whole that
Pakistan will come into the mainstream of world cricket," he added.
Former Indian all-rounder Madal Lal also welcomed the move, but said the
authorities would have to guarantee the safety of players touring Pakistan.
"It is always good for the game when India and Pakistan play each other," Lal
said. "But the Indian government must be very careful. They must ensure that
the situation is conducive for cricket in Pakistan."
On March 28, top Indian and Pakistani officials resumed their first formal
peace talks since the Mumbai attacks, ahead of their semi-final Cricket World
Cup match.
The talks in New Delhi were aimed at repairing relations between the nuclear
rivals, who have fought three wars since their independence from British rule
in 1947.
Source:
Agencies
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