‘BCCI playing politics with Pak’

KARACHI: Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani has accused the Indian cricket board officials of using their financial clout to play politics with Pakistan. “India has become cricket’s biggest commercial market in the last 15 years and unfortunately their present board is using this financial clout to play politics, particularly with Pakistan,” Mani said. Mani said that Pakistan losing the 2011 World Cup rights, the forced exclusion of Pakistani players from the IPL and Champions League and the continued refusal of the Indian cricket board ( BCCI) to even play Pakistan at neutral venues, were some of the evident examples of India playing politics with Pakistan. “The present Indian board has isolated Pakistan in international cricket,” alleged Mani. He also pointed out that the move by the ICC to end the rotational policy system to nominate the president of the ICC, was because of India’s influence.”The Indians are behind this move because they don’t want a Pakistani heading the ICC,” claimed Mani.. (PTI)