The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may not be able to facilitate the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) request to add Mohali as a venue for their eagerly awaited tour of India later this year.
According to an official close to the BCCI’s senior management, tentative venues have already been announced for the historic series and the board was finding it hard to accommodate a change. As per the initial plan, Pakistan are scheduled to play three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20s on the tour that will break the deadlock between the two countries who have not played a bilateral series since 2007.
The BCCI announced Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Delhi as the venues when it extended the invitation to the PCB.
“The board has almost finalised the venues,” the official told The Express Tribune. “It is difficult for us to rearrange our initial plans.”
Meanwhile, an official of the BCCI’s media department said the senior management has not reached any conclusion on the issue.
“The matter is still under discussion. The BCCI might take a few days to reach a final decision but it hasn’t finalised anything yet.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 8th, 2012.
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