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India vs Pakistan: Ramiz Raja Preparing To Propose Four-Nation Tournament

Sangeeta Viswas
2 years ago

India vs Pakistan: Pakistan Cricket Board President Ramiz Raja has made preparations to propose a four-nation tournament in the presence of India in the upcoming meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) board.

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India vs Pakistan: Ramiz Raja Preparing To Propose Four-Nation Tournament

A Hosting a Three-Nation Tournament

But the Board of Cricket in India (BCCI) is not expecting to agree on this. According to the current ICC rules, a member board can host a tournament of up to three countries as only a global body has the authority to host tournaments of more than three countries.

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Ind vs Pak: But according to Rameez’s ‘white paper’ proposal, the ICC can conduct this tournament annually, through which it will get a potential revenue of $ 750 million from media rights and other commercial activities.

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India vs Pakistan: Ramiz Raja Preparing To Propose Four-Nation Tournament

India was placing as one of the four participating countries in the proposal For this four-nation T20 Super League tournament. Rameez plans to put the proposal up at the ICC Board meeting on 10 April.

Other Teams Participating in The Tournament:-

Pakistan Cricket Board: According to the proposal, apart from India and Pakistan, the other teams participating in the tournament are England and Australia.

If the offer is accepting, the Asian neighbors will meet at the top level in the annual tournament.

According to the White Paper, the host of the competition will be selected on a rotation basis from amongst the four participants. However, it is learning that the BCCI is unlikely to give its approval to the tournament.

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India vs Pakistan: Ramiz Raja Preparing To Propose Four-Nation Tournament

PCB, International Cricket Council: Our Future Tour Program (FTP) is completely full, said a senior BCCI official.

ICC Competitions Only:-

Apart from this, there are many other aspects as of now. There is no change in the policy of playing them (Pakistan) only in ICC tournaments.

At the same time. We do not think that the ICC will be ready to organize a four-nation tournament and Raja’s offer will be turned down.

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India vs Pakistan: Ramiz Raja Preparing To Propose Four-Nation Tournament

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Pakistan Cricket Board: India and Pakistan have been facing each other only in ICC. And Asian Cricket Council (ACC) tournaments since 2012. The last limited-overs series between the two teams was in 2012.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah had also said in a recent interview. With a foreign news agency that the focus of the board is to fulfill its bilateral commitments.

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