Thursday, August 9, 2012

Indo-Pak series: Ijaz Butt plays up financial issues

Monitoring Desk

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 9 ,2012: Former chairman Pakistan Cricket Board, Ijaz Butt, once again tried his bit to highlight the financial issues relating to the upcoming Pakistan-India cricket series scheduled for December saying that the PCB must stand strong on demand for a return series.

 

Ijaz Butt told PTI Thursday that the PCB will have its finances hit hard if the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) refuses to send its team for a reciprocal series in Pakistan or at any neutral venue.

Ijaz Butt said, "We haven`t played a bilateral home series with India since 2006 and to compound matters for us, international tours have also not taken place in Pakistan since the 2009 incident. So, it is very important for us to get something out of the series with India this year. When we play a home series against India, we earn 40 to 45 million US dollars from the broadcasting rights. Similarly, when India hosts us they earn around 100 million US dollars in media rights”.

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