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Old June 23, 2012, 03:46 PM
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Default CI sheds some light on Kamal's "tour" of India "later this year".

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The board presidents of Pakistan and Bangladesh told ESPNcricinfo that the BCCI president N Srinivasan had assured them of "some news" after a final round of discussions in Kuala Lumpur. Bangladesh have been promised a first formal tour to India. Indian and Pakistan officials are expected to meet on a far more cordial note than they did in 2011 and talk about the resumption of cricket between the two nations, which at the moment has political approval from the Indian government.

Neither the resumption of India-Pakistan ties nor a tour of India by Bangladesh is actually cricket-centric; the Indian calendar is far too packed with home fixtures over the next 18 months for there to be any room for two tours. These are, in real terms, bargaining chips for when support is sought from Pakistan and Bangladesh at the voting table.
IMO, Lotus should secure a legally binding, written guarantee of a full Test/ODI/T20I tour within 24 months in exchange for any cooperation with the BCCI.
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