Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif met at the Global Summit on the Climat Change in Paris on Monday and interestingly, they shook hands with a smile on their faces.
The fans have already started sensing that this meeting might just power India to play against Pakistan in Sri Lanka in the month of December. Honestly, it is too early to decide what Narendra Modi has in store for us.
The analaysts believed that cricket can act as a catalyst to help the two neighbouring nations develop a cordial relation.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has already shown the green signal to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) saying that the players can go and play a series against India in Sri Lanka later this month. But, all's not done yet as the fate of this idea lies in the hands of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The reports suggested that the Indian government is reluctant to say yes to the resumption of bilateral cricketing ties with Pakistan and certain Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials also believed that the much-anticipated series might not take place at all.
Meanwhile, former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad has asked PCB to be careful while dealing with BCCI over the bilateral series in December.
"I would advise them to be very careful as the Indian board can't be trusted to keep their commitments," Miandad was quoted as saying by PTI on Monday.
"I would say don't rush into things and start having high hopes of financial gains from the India series. The Indian board has been constantly changing its stance and it appears they are finding excuses not to play us despite their commitment in the MoU signed between the two boards. I wouldn't be surprised if they back out again from playing with us even in Sri Lanka."
"Our government has given the clearance so what is stopping them from getting the required permission. We received a lot of love and respect whenever we played in India so this new attitude is strange to me."
"I would advise the PCB and even the Sri Lankan cricket board to get India's consent in black and white and include a clause for financial compensation if they back out of their commitment once again."
