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Karachi, Apr 16 (PTI) International Cricket Council CEO Haroon Lorgat has made it clear that India has to fulfil its obligation of playing a bilateral series against Pakistan before current Future Tours Programme ends in 2012. Pakistan was to host India in early 2009 but the series was cancelled and now Lorgat said that the series may well take place in a neutral venue, if not in the trouble-torn country.
"India was due to tour Pakistan early 2009 but they cancelled that series because of political reasons. But they have to fulfil the obligation before the next FTP begins in 2012," he said in an interview.
"We can''t force any country to play if political or security reasons prompt their government to instruct them not to play in a country but such a series can be held at a neutral venue," he added. Lorgat also made it clear that ICC didn''t want to have a situation where there was no international cricket played in Pakistan for a long time and was doing everything to rectify the situation.
"There is a lot of sympathy, a lot of understanding, a lot of acknowledgement that we need to do something to make sure that we support Pakistan during this difficult phase brought on by environmental factors," he said. Dismissing the suggestions that India was dictating to the ICC, Lorgat said this was a wrong perception by many and India had the equal rights as other countries in the ICC. "India is not dictating to ICC, this is a wrong perception and they are as important a member of the ICC as other countries," he said.
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