Javed Miandad doesn’t need Pakistan to tour India for WC, says India ought to come first

Batting nice Javed Miandad spewed contemporary venom at India, saying Pakistan shouldn’t journey to the neighbouring nation for matches, together with this yr’s ICC ODI World Cup, till the BCCI agrees to ship its group to his nation first.

As per the draft schedule ready by the ICC, Pakistan are scheduled to play India within the blockbuster World Cup conflict on the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on October 15.

But the 66-year-old former captain feels it’s now India’s time to reciprocate by touring Pakistan.

“Pakistan’s cricket is better than India’s. India can go to hell if they do not want to come here. Pakistan should refuse to travel to India for the World Cup,” Javed Miandad.

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“Pakistan has been to India in 2012 and even in 2016 now it is the turn of the Indians to come here,” Miandad stated.

“If I needed to decide I’d by no means go to India to play any match, even the World Cup. We are at all times able to play them (India) however they by no means reply in the identical method.

“Pakistan cricket is bigger…we are still producing quality players. So I don’t think even if we don’t go to India it will make any difference to us,” he added.

India final visited Pakistan in 2008 for the 50-over Asia Cup. Since then bilateral cricket ties have been suspended as a result of long-standing geo-political tensions between the 2 nations. Miandad feels sports activities not be blended with politics.

“I always say one can’t choose its neighbours, so it is better to live by cooperating with each other. And I have always said cricket is a sport which brings people closer to each other and can remove misunderstandings and grievances between countries,” he stated.

Miandad’s contemporary assault got here after Pakistan have been pressured to host the upcoming Asia Cup in a hybrid mannequin with India enjoying all their matches in Sri Lanka.

This choice didn’t go down effectively with Miandad, a vocal critic of India.
“It was on the cards that they would again not send their team to Pakistan for the Asia Cup so it is time we also take a strong stand now,” he stated.