PCB in strong position to win legal battle against BCCI

It seems like the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has won legal battle against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), as the Indian counterparts have failed to submit strong reply in $70mn compensation case.

The PCB filed the $70 million compensation case against BCCI for not fulfilling the Memorandum of Understand (MoU), which was signed at the time of the formation of ‘Big Three’.

As per the MoU, the traditional rivals had to face each other in six bilateral series from 2015-2023, four of which were supposed to be hosted by Pakistan.

However, not a single series was materialised after BCCI claimed that it has not received permission from the federal government to play against the Men in Green due to political tensions between both countries.

According to local reports, the BCCI could not present single documentary evidence where in front of the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s dispute resolution committee. Due to the development, the PCB’s instance, which was put forward by chairman Najam Sethi and chief operation officer Subhan Ahmed in their response, has strengthened where they maintained that BCCI’s case is weak since both countries face each other in ICC and Asian Cricket Council (ACC)’s events, therefore, excuse of government permission becomes invalid.

The decision for the case will be taken during three-day hearing of the dispute resolution committee in October in the UAE.