NEW DELHI: Indian cricket officials said the. Subcontinent’s prospects of hosting the next World Cup could be threatened if Pakistan did not arrive on schedule for a planned tour next month.
Pakistan is scheduled to play in a six nation tournament to commemorate the Cricket Association of Bengal’s (CAB) diamond jubilee next month, and then stay on for a series of three Tests and three one day matches.
However, the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP) has yet to confirm the team will come and has publicly expressed its concerns over security following threats from a militant Hindu group based in Bombay to bum stadiums if they were allowed to play in India. Pakistani team came, India Indian cricket officials, who asked not to be identified.
The ICC, which awarded the World Cup in February jointly to India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, would then review its decision, the officials said. They said the BCCI had assured Pakistan of ‘adequate security for the CAB tournament and the tour, postponed in 19%) and again in 1991 because of Hindu Muslim violence in India.
The BCCP had told India that a final decision on whether the Pakistani team would come to India would have to wait until a new: government was formed in Islamabad following the recent elections.
Article extracted from this publication >> November 12, 1993
