Many in Pakistan media view the hybrid model and written assurance as a tit-for-tat win, if Indians refuse to travel to Pakistan, the Pakistan team won’t travel either. (file)
The suggestion had first been floated by an Australian – double World Cup winner, Brad Hogg, who in his very sincere, if slightly naive thinking, spoke of his brainwave.
Hogg had suggested that India and Pakistan construct a cricket stadium along the border, jointly owned or owned by neither, where they could partake in cricketing contests, that were so emotive for not just both countries but the entire cricketverse.
But a day after ICC announced a hybrid model for future India Pakistan games – always a neutral venues, neither travelling to the other side, former Pakistan player Ahmed Shehzad built a sarcastic scaffolding along the utopian stadium structure.
He hinted that half of the ground – say, leg or off side – might not be guarded because Indians will deny Pakistan fielders a visa.
Even as Pakistan TV channels debated if this was a W for Pakistan, or a L, Shehzad went on Nadir Ali’s podcast and offered, “There should be a stadium on the border with one gate in India and the other in Pakistan. Their players can enter from there and our cricketers from here.” So far, so good.
However he was immediately bitten by the reality of the situation as he added in a sullen sigh, that BCCI will not allow that. “I think the BCCI and the Indian government will have a problem with that. They will say that if our players come to their side of the ground, the visa will not be given,” he said, sarcastically.
Many in Pakistan media view the hybrid model and written assurance as a tit-for-tat win, if Indians refuse to travel to Pakistan, the Pakistan team won’t travel either. However there is general despondency over the finality that India will not step foot in Pakistan at the Champions Trophy. In his own inimitable style though, Shehzad sulked about being denied to field on one of leg or off sides.
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