Mumbai, February 18: Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla Monday stated very clearly that there is no possibility of bilateral cricket ties between India and Pakistan. The IPL chairman also added that the decision to play cricket against Pakistan under bilateral arrangement or otherwise is the government’s call. After the dastardly terror attack on Indian CRPF men at Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, there have been calls to end all kind of ties with Pakistan, including in the field of sports. Mohammed Shami Donates to Families of Pulwama Martyrs, Follows in Virendra Sehwag's Footsteps.

Shukla said that, “Our position is very clear. Unless the government gives us nod, we are not going to play with Pakistan. Sports should be above all these things but if somebody is sponsoring terrorism, obviously it will affect sports also.” He was talking to the reporters when they posed this question. Sania Mirza is 'Pakistan's Bahu', Remove Her From Telangana Brand Ambassador List: BJP MLA T Raja Singh.

Shukla added that the outrage of people is reflective of how people are feeling at this point of time. He warned Pakistan saying that they should be careful of it and that they should not support terrorism.

"We have been saying this from day one. When our government was there, we gave tons of documents about their involvement. They should realise this,” Shukla said.

On Thursday, February 14, 2019, 40 CRPF jawans were martyred and over dozen personnel were seriously injured after a suicide bomber named Adil Ahmed Dar rammed an explosives laden SUV into a vehicle part of the CRPF convoy which was moving from Jammu to Srinagar at Pulwama, Awantipora area.

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