Pakistan women’s team skipper Bismah Maroof on Tuesday (April 28) vented out her frustration over ICC’s decision to give equal points to Pakistan and India as both the teams were unable to play their Women’s ODI Championship games owing to political issues.

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Earlier this month, BCCI’s lawyers had persuaded ICC that the reason behind Indian women’s team not playing Pakistan in the ODI Championship round was clearly a case of not getting necessary approval from the government.

Subsequently, ICC’s technical committee concluded that the series could not be played because of a "force majeure event" event.

During an online media conference, Bismah said her team is expecting the PCB to take this matter to ICC’s dispute resolution committee.

"It is obviously disappointing that we are sharing points despite the fact that we were always willing to play the series but reluctance came from India. I’m sure PCB’s legal team is working on it and we will back whatever they decide," she said.

"India got points without playing any competitive cricket. I am looking to take positives out of this decision that we will get some more matches in the qualifying round," the captain added.

After BCCI’s lawyers explained the scenario, the technical committee of ICC decided that teams will share points in all three series in the ICC Women’s ODI Championship that did not take place during the competition window. As a result, India qualified for the 2021 Women’s World Cup while Pakistan will now have to play the qualifiers.

"This would have been easier to accept if we had played some competitive cricket," Bismah said.

The ongoing political tensions between the two countries have put their bilateral cricket series on hold indefinitely. But Bismah Maroof highlighted that Pakistan had no issues on their end.

"Pakistan has always been willing to play. We always kept sports away from politics and it was disappointing that we couldn’t play those matches," she remarked.