And Pakistan lost with India here as well, India will not pay 500 crore

NP NEWS 24 ONLINE –The cricket rivalry between India and Pakistan is not new. Ever since both the nation got divided the only reason countrymen gets to cheer is when India and Pakistan get on each other in a cricket match. In recent past India has dominated the cricket matches and now India has won yet another game but not of cricket.

The International Cricket Council (ICC), on Tuesday, discharged the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) claim of compensation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for not obeying to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was signed between the two nations for playing bilateral series. In 2014, BCCI and PCB had signed the MoU as per which the two countries were to play six bilateral cricket series between 2015 and 2023.

“On behalf of the Dispute Panel formed under the Terms of Reference of the ICC Disputes Resolutions Committee (DRC), the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the outcome of the recent DRC proceedings between the BCCI and the PCB. Following a three-day hearing and having considered detailed oral and written submissions, the Dispute Panel has dismissed the PCB’s claim against the BCCI. The judgement is binding and non-appealable,” ICC press release stated.

Pakistan had claimed Rs 447 crore compensation following allegations that the BCCI didn’t honour a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that required India to play six bilateral series between 2015 to 2023.

The Indian cricket board also said that bilateral cricket with Pakistan was subject to government clearance, which has not been forthcoming since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

“We are happy that our stand has been vindicated. What PCB termed as Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was just a proposal letter,” CoA chief Vinod Rai.

India and Pakistan have not played in a bilateral series with each other since 2013. However, the arch-rivals have been playing each other in ICC and Asia Cup tournaments regularly.