PCB chief Ehsan Mani said the board has the ICC about the disciplinary action they took against Imran Tahir and Moeen Ali few years back when the players tried to make a political statement on field.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent a strongly worded letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC), calling for action against India for wearing camouflage military caps during the third ODI against Australia.
“We have made our point very strongly to the ICC which now has no doubts or confusion about our intention or stance now on this matter,” Mani told reporters at the National Stadium on Sunday night.
“We will be sending another letter to the ICC in next 12 hours after more consultations with our lawyers,” he added.
Mani said Pakistan’s stance is very clear that cricket must not be used for politics. “This is the second that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has tried to use cricket for politics. They took permission from ICC for some other purpose and used it to do something else, which is not acceptable,” he said.
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Last month, BCCI had asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to “sever ties with countries from which terrorism emanates” following the Pulwama attack where 40 CRPF jawans were killed in a suicide attack – the responsibility of which was taken by Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed.
#TeamIndia will be sporting camouflage caps today as mark of tribute to the loss of lives in Pulwama terror attack and the armed forces
And to encourage countrymen to donate to the National Defence Fund for taking care of the education of the dependents of the martyrs #JaiHind pic.twitter.com/fvFxHG20vi
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 8, 2019
Recalling the move by India against Pakistan in the ICC and World Cup, Mani said that by indulging in such behavior for a second time they have hurt their credibility and standing in the cricket world.
Mani said they have reminded the ICC about the disciplinary action they took against Imran Tahir and Moeen Ali a few years back when the players tried to make a political statement on the field.
“We want the ICC to take similar sort of action against the Indians.”
As a mark of respect to the CRPF jawans who lost their lives in the Pulwama terrorist attack, Indian cricketers had sported Army caps in the third ODI and also donated their match fee for the welfare of the families of the martyrs
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