There may be revenue losses suffered by Pakistan without any bilateral arrangement against world cricket's cash cow India, but PCB chairman Ehsan Mani on Tuesday (April 14) insisted the board isn't as much dependant on its neighbouring counterpart BCCI's agreement to resume ties as is widely believed.
Mani said the PCB is taking a lot of confidence from the recent return of regular international cricket in Pakistan, with his regime also in talks with various other boards for multiple home series in future, and of course, the cash inflow because of the Pakistan Super League, that shall keep the board going.
"We have suffered losses but they (India) are not in our thinking or planning. It is like a Pie in the Sky situation. We have to live without them and we don’t need them to survive," said the former ICC head in a video podcast released by the PCB.
"I am clear if India doesn’t want to play we have to plan without them. Once or twice they have made promises to play against us but pulled out at the last moment."
Bilateral ties between India and Pakistan have been jeopardised by the political tension. The two sides have been meeting only during multiple-team events like the World Cup and Asia Cup.
"Right now we play against them (India) in ICC events and Asia Cup and that is okay because we are interested in playing cricket," said Mani.
"We want to keep politics and sports apart."
(Inputs from PTI)
