ICC does not have power to pursue BCCI: Wasim Akram

TIL Desk Sports/ Former Pakistan seamer Wasim Akram has reflected that International Cricket Council (ICC) is powerless in front of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), as it cannot foster a deal between the latter and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for a bilateral series.

“I don’t think ICC has the power to pursue BCCI, but again I have always said people to people contact is necessary. Politics and sport should be separate,” Akram, as saying. The 51-year-old pacer also expressed, it is very unfortunate that the current players from both the sides are missing out on playing against each other.

Akram said an India-Pakistan series is more exciting to watch than the Ashes series played between England and Australia.”A Pakistan India match is more fun to watch than the Ashes. 20 million people watch the Ashes while a Pakistan India match is watched by a billion people,” the skipper said.