Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has batted for revival of Indo-Pak cricket ties despite the unfortunate incident when Shiv Sena activists stormed the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai.
“I am pretty certain eventually cricket will be the winner. Sooner or later India and Pakistan will get down to playing cricket again despite the current bleak scenario,” Ramiz told Geo News.
Asked about the incident and threats to Pakistan’s Aleem Dar on the ICC Elite umpires panel, Ramiz said what happened was unfortunate.
“But they have always been highs and lows in Indo-Pak relations but I have never been made to feel unwelcome anywhere in India. Similarly if Aleem is is in India obviously the ICC must have thought about it and sent him there for the India and South Africa series. I don’t see any threat to him,” he said.
Ramiz said that the Pakistan cricket officials were doing the right thing by emphasising that cricket and politics must be kept apart.