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Ramiz Raja to pitch four-nation match including India and Pakistan at ICC meet

Pakistan Cricket Board boss Ramiz Raja has made his ideas to table a proposal for a four-nation match sharp India at the upcoming ICC Board Meeting whereby BCCI might perchance presumably also desire allotment.

On the opposite hand, as per reports, BCCI is unlikely to play ball.

As per the present ICC rule, a member board can host a tri-nation match at the most as handiest the international physique has the nice to prepare an match which comprises extra than three international locations.

Nevertheless Ramiz’s ‘white-paper’ proposes that ICC rush the match yearly with a projected earnings of USD 750 million for the parent physique from media rights and different industrial actions.

India were pencilled as one amongst the four collaborating aspects in the four-Countries T20 Super League Sequence proposal, which Ramiz plans to table at the April 10 ICC Board meeting in Dubai.

Australia and England are different collaborating aspects in the proposal, which, if goes thru, will uncover referring to the Asian neighbours compete at the top seemingly stage on an annual basis.

The match host, the view (white) paper says, might perchance be determined amongst the four people, with each collaborating facet to stage the match on a rotation basis with ICC luxuriate in its different international events running the match.

Nevertheless it for certain has been learnt that BCCI is unlikely to relent.

“Our Futures Tours & Programme (FTP) is packed. Also the real fact that there are lot of factors and as of now, there is now not any such thing as a exchange in policy of taking part in them at ICC events. Also, we don’t reveal ICC might perchance be keen to prepare a four-nation and Raja’s proposal might perchance be turned down,” a senior BCCI knowledgeable acknowledged.

India and Pakistan bear performed each different handiest in ICC or ACC events since 2012 when the last bilateral white-ball series used to be held.

Currently, BCCI secretary Jay Shah had acknowledged in an interview to a international news agency that board is currently extra focussed on honouring its bilateral commitments.

“The calender is choc-a-bloc and likewise now we would like to protect avid gamers physical and mental health in ideas with so mighty of cricket being performed,’ the knowledgeable acknowledged.

In maintaining with proposal keen by Ramiz, “the quadrangular series might perchance be performed on a single-league basis around September/October, which is a low cricket duration attributable to the eve of cricket seasons in Australia, India and Pakistan, and the tail-discontinuance of the cricket season in England.

“The proposal suggests a skill earnings of USD 750 million, which the PCB boss wants to be disbursed amongst the collaborating international locations and different ICC people thru a distribution model,” a PCB provide recommended PTI.

While Ramiz wants ICC to be the organizers of such an match, PCB sources basically feel that this might perchance occasionally presumably well well also in no contrivance undermine the international events.

“It’s miles no longer an are trying and undermine the ICC Occasions or the ICC Occasions Cycle. The ICC tried the Super Sequence in 2005, so there is now not any such thing as a wound in testing waters for any other match,” the provision acknowledged.

With PTI inputs

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