'India way more unsafe than Pakistan at present': PCB chairman Ehsan Mani

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani on Monday expressed delight at Pakistan’s ability to host a Test match series successfully in country for first time in more than a decade. Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka in Karachi to win 2-match series 1-0 and open ir account in International Cricket Council (ICC) World Test Championship standings. Player-of--Series award was given to Pakistan debutant Abid Ali for slamming centuries in both Test matches.

Mani was appointed as PCB chairman in August 2018 and it is coincidence that he has prioritised getting international cricket back to Pakistan after years of playing ir home matches in United Arab Emirates. He began with country’s top T20 competition, Pakistan Super League (PSL) to gradually host all ir matches in Pakistan. At same time, international teams or players through teams such as World XI were convinced and invited to play matches for a short duration with much success.

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India once again on PCB chairman Ehsan Mani's mind?

While Mani has been lauded by many for his efforts, he has once again drawn criticism from several quarters for bragging about Pakistan’s improved security situation. In an interview on Monday with Cricket Pakistan, he claimed that his country has proven once again that safety is longer an issue for international teams following success of recent Sri Lanka series. Lankans visited country two months ago for 3 ODIs and T20Is each respectively as well.

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However, Mani controversially added that Pakistan’s security is far better at present than ir arch-rivals India’s and that teams should have better judgement when it comes to this issue by t doubting Pakistan anymore. India and Pakistan have been at loggerheads in politics, which has clearly spilt on to cricket. two countries have t played with each or in a bilateral series since 2012 and prospect looks highly unlikely after Pulwama terror attacks in February 2019.

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Mani had famously said last year that Pakistan will t ‘beg’ to play cricket with India. This was a few months before Pakistan lost a legal battle against India which involved ICC after PCB had filed a case about India t houring its commitments of playing against Pakistan since 2014. PCB was forced to pay a whopping $1.6 million to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for its callousness. Surely, it will be interesting to see if BCCI reacts to his latest comments or cause more trouble to PCB for same.