Pakistan’s former skipper Javed Miandad has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board to forget about playing against India in the near future. He also insisted PCB  and instead focus on improving the game’s structure here.

During a function in Karachi, Miandad said, “They don’t want to play with us so be it. Our cricket will not die if we don’t play with India. We should move on and forget about them.”

The veteran cricketer also asked the board that there was no need to “beg” the BCCI for bilateral matches. He said, “They haven’t played against us since the last 10 years, so what? Has our cricket gone down? no we have done well. The Champions Trophy win is an example. Cricket cannot die in Pakistan. We have also survived without international cricket at home since 2009.”

India and Pakistan played a last bilateral series cricket since 2012 owing to political tensions between the two nations after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. The former skipper urged the PCB to manage its finances better. He further, “Today the PCB is financially stable but there is a need for proper accountability of where the money that comes from the ICC is spent.”

Miandad concluded, “There is a need to reduce the administrative expenses of the board and get rid this army of advisors, consultants and employees. The PCB can easily function without paying such heavy salaries to an over-sized staff.”