Pakistan international and advisor to the Government of Punjab on sports Wahab Riaz has called for an amicable agreement between the country\u2019s cricket board and its Indian counterpart over the teams\u2019 participation in the Asia Cup and the World Cup later this year.
\nThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are involved in an ongoing cold war with the latter stubborn over not wanting to send its team to Pakistan for the Asia Cup in September.
\nThe PCB, in turn, has hinted at the possibility of the Babar Azam-led unit boycotting the World Cup a month later. But the Najam Sethi-led board has also proposed a \u201chybrid model\u201d that \u2014 if accepted \u2014 would see both teams playing their respective matches at neutral venues in the tournaments in question.
\nAddressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Wahab was of the view that the model was a good option and he felt that it was one of the ways cricket would go on, which, for the left-armer was the most important thing.
\nWahab believed that politics should not be coming in the way of the sport and that both teams should visit each other\u2019s countries.
\nMeanwhile, the 37-year-old announced that the Punjab government will be awarding a monthly honourarium of Rs. 20,000 each to support the province\u2019s international hockey players.
\nWahab said a list of 300 players was being finalised and that it will include both active and retired athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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