Former India captain, Sourav Ganguly, has backed the Board of Control
for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision of disposing off the talks of
bilateral series with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after a terrorist
attack allegedly linked to their neighboring country hit Gurdaspur in
India on Monday.
“I think BCCI is correct in saying that terror will have to
completely go before play could happen. Because as human beings we also
want terror to completely go,” Ganguly was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.
He further stressed that although the series is of much importance to
the cricket world, it cannot be negotiated over security concerns.
“So this has always been the case with an India-Pakistan series. As
much as we understand that it is entertaining and it is a high-profile
series, we cannot take away the sufferings which the people go through
at the border especially after what happened in Gurdaspur,” he added.
India and Pakistan have always been at loggerheads, be it on the
field or off it. The cricketing ties between two nations were shut down
after the 2008 terrorist attack on India, before Pakistan toured India
in December 2012.
