ISLAMABAD: Former Test cricketer Sarfraz Nawaz while hailing the caretaker Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Najam Sethi for his concerns regarding the revival of Indo-Pak bilateral series next year said both the countries governments should also play their part in playing of this series.
Najam Sethi had said that Pakistan might play a cricket series with archrival India in late 2014 after his discussions with his Indian counterpart during an Asian Cricket Council meeting in Hong Kong.
Sethi said after returning from Hong Kong that he was told by N. Sirinivasan, president of Board of Control for Cricket in India, that he would consider a series for next year following general elections in India.
Talking to APP, Sarfraz Nawaz said Sethi had been paying special attention for the revival of Indo-Pak bilateral series and he could make it happen with some help required from the government.
"People of Asia want to see Indo-Pak series and I feel it is need of the hour," he said.
Former captain Zaheer Abbas said sports can prove as a tool to make both the countries relations better and prosperous.
"Sports are also a source of income and if both the countries can have any type of sports activities it would result in the betterment of the economy of both the countries and would further provide business opportunities also," he added.
Zaheer Abbas also suggested that the Indo-Pak series should be given a name like the Australia-England Ashes series.
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