Covering of Imran’s pictures highly regrettable, PCB tells BCCI

TIL Desk Sports/ The Pakistan Cricket Board has said it will take up with the Board of Control for Cricket in India the ‘regrettable’ removal of pictures of its former players at a couple of venues in India, owing to the Pulwama terror attack, during an International Cricket Council meeting this month. In a statement issued on Sunday, the PCB’s Managing Director Wasim Khan said sports has always played a key role in defusing political tensions.

The ICC meeting is scheduled to be held in Dubai from February 28. However, the issue is expected to be raised on the sidelines as it doesn’t feature in the agenda of the board meeting.”…we have always believed and emphasised that sports and politics should be kept separate.

History tells us that sports, particularly cricket, have always played a key role in building bridges between people and countries,” Khan said in the statement. “… covering or removing portrait of former Pakistan cricket captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan and other legendary cricketers from one of the most historic cricket clubs and venues are highly regrettable actions,” he added.