India seeking international ban of Pakistan team

The Board of Control for Cricket in India is seeking an international ban on the Pakistan cricket team despite a recent rejection from the International Cricket Council.

Committee of Administrators chairman Vinod Rai said the ICC should ban countries that harbour terrorism, though he remained reserved on whether India will boycott Pakistan at the ICC World Cup 2019, which starts on May 30 in the UK.

Rai said Let the time come. It is still four months away. We have expressed our concerns over security and the ICC said yes, security will be tightenedand everything else.

Rai also insisted that the ICC has not shot down BCCI’s request of banning Pakistan from international cricket.

At its board meeting in Dubai last week, the ICC dismissed the BCCI's request to sever ties with countries from where terrorism emanates though the Indian Board did not make a specific reference to Pakistan.

India and Pakistan are scheduled to play in the World Cup on June 16 and Rai said due process will be followed before the final decision is taken on boycotting the high-octane clash in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack.