Kolkata: With the revival of cricketing ties with India after a gap of almost five years, the Pakistan and Indian cricket boards are mulling an “Ashes” like series between the two countries to take forward bilateral sporting relations.
“We have floated a proposal for an Ashes-like series between India and Pakistan with the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India). With the current series, the ice has been melted and we need to take the relationship further,” Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf said.
Ashraf said if the “India-Pakistan Ashes” becomes a reality, cricket-loving people of the two nations will be benefited and bilateral relations will also improve. He even proposed naming the series after Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Ashraf also said he was optimistic of a return tour by India.
“There is a window available for a return tour in August and we are in talks with BCCI about whether the series will be in a neutral venue or in India or Pakistan. There is still some time for the series and things will surely work out,” he said. IANS
