For a while now, there has been a tussle between the Pakistan Cricket Board and the BCCI as the Indian board did not act in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). As per the MoU signed in 2014, India and Pakistan were supposed to play six bilateral series between the two countries between 2015 and 2023. But so, far owing to not get clearance from the Indian Government, the BCCI has snubbed the bilateral series between the two nations. India and Pakistan are slowed to play in the multi-nation tournaments like Asia Cup, Champions Trophy and World Cup. So, now the PCB has claimed that they have suffered the losses of $70 million (roughly R500 crore) from the board. The ICC will have started a three day long hearing from Monday onwards in Dubai. India wins the Asia Cup 2018. 

Reacting to the same, Anurag Thakur said, “India have done nothing wrong to appear in a judicial hearing and that too summoned by the ICC. India and Pakistan is a bilateral matter; what business has ICC to do with it? ICC cannot compel us to play and any pressure (on BCCI) can lead to an international crisis.” The MP further went on to state, “India should not pay a penny to Pakistan,” Thakur, a BJP MP, said: “Let Pakistan stop terror and then we can think about playing cricket.”

The last time the two nations played in the bilateral series was in 2012-2013 and after the hearing, the two parties will have to abide by the decision by the ICC. The three-member ICC Disputes Resolution Committee that will be headed by English barrister Michael Beloff, who is also the head of the ICC Code of Conduct Commission.

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