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PCB not strong enough to boycott ICC Tournaments – Danish Kaneria

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3 years ago

November 28, 2022

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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Jay Shah issued a major statement last month saying that the Indian team will not travel to Pakistan for the next Asia Cup for any reason.

Ramis Raja, the current chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), did not take it lightly as the board immediately issued a counter-statement saying that Pakistan would not participate in the 2023 50-over World Cup to be hosted in India if India did not come to play the Asia Cup in Pakistan.

On Friday, November 25, Raja announced that the Pakistan team would not travel to India for the ODI World Cup next year if the Indian team decided to boycott next year’s Asia Cup.

It has created a lot of controversy in the world of cricket. Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria says the Pakistan Cricket Board does not have the guts to boycott an ICC event. The former cricketer also mentioned how losing the Asia Cup would not deter India, but missing a global tournament would have a negative impact on Pakistan.

“PCB does not have enough guts to boycott an ICC event. On the other hand, it doesn’t matter if India doesn’t visit Pakistan. They have a huge market which earns them huge income. India’s absence for the World Cup will have a big impact on Pakistan.

Pakistan will finally go to India for the World Cup. Officials will say that there was no other option because of pressure from the ICC. If they repeatedly talk about skipping an ICC event, it will hurt Pakistan cricket badly,” the 41-year-old said.

ICC තරගාවලියක් වර්ජනය කිරීමට PCB හට ප්‍රමාණවත් තරම් හැකියාවක් නැත – Danish Kaneria

ඉන්දීය ක්‍රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලයේ (BCCI) ලේකම් සහ ආසියානු ක්‍රිකට් කවුන්සිලයේ (ACC) සභාපති ජේ ෂා පසුගිය මාසයේ ප්‍රධාන ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් කරමින් කියා සිටියේ ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම කිසිම හේතුවක් මත මීළඟ ආසියානු කුසලාන තරඟාවලිය සඳහා පාකිස්තානයට නොයන බවයි.

පකිස්ථාන ක්‍රිකට් මණ්ඩලයේ (PCB) වත්මන් ප්‍රධානියා වන රමිස් රාජා එය සැහැල්ලුවට ගත්තේ නැත, මන්ද මණ්ඩලය වහාම ප්‍රති-ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් කරමින් කියා සිටියේ ඉන්දියාව පකිස්ථානයේ පැවැත්වෙන ආසියානු කුසලානය ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට නොපැමිණියේ නම් පාකිස්තානය ඉන්දියාවේදී සංවිධානය කිරීමට නියමිත 2023 වර්ශයේ පන්දුවාර 50 ලෝක කුසලානයට සහභාගී නොවේ.

ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම ලබන වසරේ පැවැත්වෙන ආසියානු කුසලානය වර්ජනය කිරීමට තීරණය කළහොත්, ඊළඟ වසරේ පැවැත්වෙන එක්දින ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා පාකිස්තාන කණ්ඩායම ඉන්දියාවට නොයන බව ප්‍රකාශ කරමින් නොවැම්බර් 25 සිකුරාදා රාජා ප්‍රකාශ කරනු ලැබීය.

එය ක්‍රිකට් ලෝකය තුළ මහත් ආන්දෝලනයක් ඇති කර තිබේ. ICC උත්සවයක් වර්ජනය කිරීමට පාකිස්තාන ක්‍රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලයට ධෛර්යයක් නොමැති බව පාකිස්තානයේ හිටපු පා දඟ පන්දු යවන ක්‍රීඩක ඩනිෂ් කනේරියා පවසයි. ආසියානු කුසලානය අහිමි වීම ඉන්දියාවට බාධාවක් නොවන නමුත් ගෝලීය තරඟාවලියක් මග හැරීම පකිස්ථානයට අහිතකර බලපෑමක් ඇති කරන ආකාරය ගැනද හිටපු ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩකයා සඳහන් කළේය.

“ICC උත්සවයක් වර්ජනය කිරීමට PCB හට ප්‍රමාණවත් තරම් ධෛර්යයක් නොමැත. අනෙක් අතට ඉන්දියාව පකිස්තානය නොආවත් කමක් නැත. ඔවුන්ට විශාල ආදායමක් උපයන විශාල වෙළෙඳපොළක් තිබෙනවා. ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා ඉන්දියාවට නොපැමිණීම පාකිස්තානයට විශාල බලපෑමක් ඇති කරයි.

පාකිස්තානය අවසානයේ ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා ඉන්දියාවට යනු ඇත. අයි.සී.සී.යෙන් බලපෑම් එල්ල වූ නිසා වෙනත් විකල්පයක් නොතිබුණු බව නිලධාරීන් පවසනු ඇත. ඔවුන් නැවත නැවතත් ICC උත්සවයක් මඟ හැරීම ගැන කතා කළහොත් එය පාකිස්තාන ක්‍රිකට් වලට දැඩි හානියක් වනු ඇත, ”41 හැවිරිදි ඔහු පැවසීය.

ICC போட்டியை புறக்கணிக்கும் அளவுக்கு PCB பலம் இல்லை – Danish Kaneria

இந்திய கிரிக்கெட் கட்டுப்பாட்டு வாரியத்தின் (பிசிசிஐ) செயலாளரும், ஆசிய கிரிக்கெட் கவுன்சிலின் (ஏசிசி) தலைவருமான ஜெய் ஷா கடந்த மாதம் ஒரு முக்கிய அறிக்கையை வெளியிட்டார், எந்த காரணத்திற்காகவும் இந்திய அணி அடுத்த ஆசிய கோப்பைக்கு பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு செல்லாது என்று கூறினார்.

பாகிஸ்தான் கிரிக்கெட் வாரியத்தின் (பிசிபி) தற்போதைய தலைவரான ரமிஸ் ராஜா அதை எளிதாக எடுத்துக் கொள்ளவில்லை, ஏனெனில் வாரியம் உடனடியாக எதிர் அறிக்கையை வெளியிட்டது, இந்தியா 2023 இல் இந்தியாவில் நடத்தப்படும் 50 ஓவர் உலகக் கோப்பையில் பாகிஸ்தான் பங்கேற்காது. பாகிஸ்தானில் நடந்த ஆசிய கோப்பையில் விளையாட வரவில்லை.

நவம்பர் 25, வெள்ளிக்கிழமை, இந்திய அணி அடுத்த ஆண்டு ஆசிய கோப்பையை புறக்கணிக்க முடிவு செய்தால், அடுத்த ஆண்டு ஒருநாள் உலகக் கோப்பைக்காக பாகிஸ்தான் அணி இந்தியாவுக்குச் செல்லாது என்று ராஜா அறிவித்தார்.

இது கிரிக்கெட் உலகில் பெரும் சர்ச்சையை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது. ஐசிசி போட்டியை புறக்கணிக்கும் தைரியம் பாகிஸ்தான் கிரிக்கெட் வாரியத்திற்கு இல்லை என பாகிஸ்தான் முன்னாள் லெக் ஸ்பின்னர் டேனிஷ் கனேரியா தெரிவித்துள்ளார். முன்னாள் கிரிக்கெட் வீரர் ஆசியக் கோப்பையை எவ்வாறு இழப்பது இந்தியாவைத் தடுக்காது, ஆனால் உலகளாவிய போட்டியைத் தவறவிடுவது பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு எதிர்மறையான தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும் என்றும் குறிப்பிட்டார்.

“ஐசிசி நிகழ்வைப் புறக்கணிக்க பிசிபிக்கு போதுமான தைரியம் இல்லை. மறுபுறம், பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு இந்தியா செல்லாவிட்டாலும் பரவாயில்லை. அவர்களுக்கு ஒரு பெரிய சந்தை உள்ளது, அது அவர்களுக்கு பெரும் வருமானத்தை ஈட்டுகிறது. உலகக் கோப்பையில் இந்தியா இல்லாதது பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு பெரும் பாதிப்பை ஏற்படுத்தும்.

உலகக் கோப்பைக்காக பாகிஸ்தான் இறுதியாக இந்தியா செல்கிறது. ஐசிசியின் அழுத்தம் காரணமாக வேறு வழியில்லை என்று அதிகாரிகள் கூறுவார்கள். ஐசிசி நிகழ்வைத் தவிர்ப்பது பற்றி அவர்கள் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் பேசினால், அது பாகிஸ்தான் கிரிக்கெட்டை மோசமாக பாதிக்கும்” என்று 41 வயதான அவர் கூறினார்.

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Sri Lanka Cricket Denies Financial Crisis Claims Amid Transformation Committee Appointment

Published

2 days ago

May 19, 2026

Editor

Sri Lanka Cricket has firmly rejected recent media reports claiming that the organization is facing a financial crisis following the appointment of the Cricket Transformation Committee, stating that such allegations are “entirely false and misleading.”

In an official clarification, SLC emphasized that the Cricket Transformation Committee was appointed by the Hon. Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs under the powers granted by Sections 32 and 33 of the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973, as amended.

According to SLC, once an order is issued under Section 32 of the Sports Law, the powers, administration, management, and control of the affairs and assets of the relevant sports body are legally transferred to the committee appointed by the Minister.

The organization further noted that the duly appointed Transformation Committee is fully authorized to oversee and manage all affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket, including its financial operations and obligations, until a new Executive Committee is elected.

SLC also pointed out that the appointment of the committee has already been officially published in the Government Gazette, thereby granting it full legal authority to act on behalf of the organization in all administrative and financial matters.

Rejecting claims of financial instability, Sri Lanka Cricket reiterated that its operations continue without disruption. The organization stated that all day-to-day activities, including financial and administrative functions, are proceeding smoothly under the supervision of the Transformation Committee.

SLC further assured stakeholders that all payments to suppliers, service providers, employees, players, and other parties continue to be settled on time, with no interruption to the organization’s commitments.

The statement was issued in response to growing speculation in sections of the media regarding the financial status of Sri Lanka Cricket after the recent administrative changes.

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Sri Lanka, India to Clash in Two-Test Series in August

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3 days ago

May 18, 2026

Editor

Sri Lanka and India are set to play a two-match Test series between August 15 and 27 as part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle.

Although the official schedule is yet to be announced, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has reserved a two-week window for the series following the conclusion of the Lanka Premier League on August 9. Discussions between SLC and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are continuing to finalise the venues and match dates.

The proposed tour was initially expected to include three Twenty20 Internationals as well, but there has been no confirmation regarding those matches. The T20 games were originally planned as a fundraising initiative for victims affected by Cyclone Ditwah last year.

Meanwhile, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia is currently in Sri Lanka as part of an International Cricket Council delegation reviewing recent developments in Sri Lanka Cricket administration. The Sri Lankan government recently dissolved the previous SLC body and appointed an interim Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee.

Cricket scheduling remains challenging for India due to a packed international calendar later this year. India are expected to tour Bangladesh in September for a white-ball series, although the tour is still uncertain after being postponed previously because of political tensions between the two nations.

India also have commitments against West Indies and Afghanistan later in the year, along with the Asian Games in Nagoya scheduled from September 9 to October 4.

India’s international season resumes in June with a Test series against Afghanistan before tours of Ireland, England and Zimbabwe.

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ICC Delegation Holds Key Talks With President on Cricket Reforms

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4 days ago

May 17, 2026

Editor

Senior representatives of the International Cricket Council (ICC) met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo yesterday as discussions intensified over the future of cricket administration in Sri Lanka.

The ICC delegation, which includes Imran Khwaja and Devajit Sakia, is currently in the country following recent changes within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Their visit comes amid growing attention on governance reforms and the restructuring of the national cricket administration.

During their stay, ICC officials also held meetings with members of the newly appointed SLC administration at the board’s headquarters, where discussions focused on restoring stability and strengthening the management framework of Sri Lankan cricket.

The latest developments follow the appointment of a nine-member Cricket Transformation Committee by Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage after the resignation of the previous SLC leadership.

The committee, chaired by Eran Wickremaratne, has been entrusted with overseeing the administration of the sport and implementing a series of reforms until new elections are conducted.