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Goel warned the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that "it should speak to the government before giving any proposal to Pakistan".
Union sports minister Vijay Goel on Monday reaffirmed India's stance concerning a bilateral cricket series with Pakistan sponsoring "terrorism".
"Cricket and terrorism can't go hand-in-hand," Goel said only an hour before cricket boards of both countries were to meet in Dubai to discuss a bilateral series.
Goel warned the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that "it should speak to the government before giving any proposal to Pakistan".
The BCCI delegation, comprising secretary Choudhary, CEO Rahul Johri and MV Sridhar (GM cricket operations) told and Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) delegation that "their hands are tied and won't be able to agree to any bilateral events until they get the government's nod".
The PCB delegation comprised of chairman Shahryar Khan, Najam Sethi and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Subhan Ahmed.
The two countries have not played a bilateral series in India or Pakistan since 2012. "I have made it clear that bilateral cricket with Pakistan is not possible till the time there is cross-border terror. We have, however, no say on multilateral events," added Goel when reminded of Indo-Pak high octane clash in England on June 4 during the Champions Trophy.
Soon after Goel's comments, Justice (retd) Mukul Mudgal came out in to his support saying that "the government policy has to take precedence".
He cited example of Indian tennis team forfeiting their Davis Cup game against South Africa during the Apartheid era.
"Government of India took a decision that we should not play Davis Cup final against South Africa and India forfeited that match. So, it's the decision of the government and I think it's a correct one," said Justice Mudgal.
Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy also lashed out at the BCCI and wrote on his Twitter account. "Has BCCI gone mad? Or since Srinivasan left has D company taken over again. No playing Cricket with Pak".
The BCCI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2014 for six bilateral series between two countries between 2015 and 2023 with Pakistan hosting four and India two.
This is said to be a reward for PCB's support of the International Cricket Council's 'Big Three' formula during the N Srinivasan's regime, which saw India, Australia and England become major beneficiaries of the income of cricket's global governing body.
The 'Big Three' model was scrapped in April this year. The PCB has sent a notice to BCCI seeking compensation of $69.4 million for failing to honour their commitment.
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