End ties with nations where terror emanates: BCCI writes to ICC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) has written to the International Cricket Council (ICC) raising Indian cricket board's (BCCI) concerns about the attacks on CRPF soldiers in Pulwama on February 14 and asking the other cricket-playing nations to sever ties with countries from which terrorism emanates.
"In an e-mail to the ICC, we have expressed our concerns about the terrorist attack that has taken place.We are telling them that security of players and match officials should be appropriately taken care of," CoA chief Vinod Rai said after a meeting with other CoA members and BCCI CEO Rahul Johri on Friday.
"And number two, we must sever ties with nations from which such terrorism emanates. We will express our concern on an appropriate forum," Rai said indicating that the matter will be raised at the ICC quarterly Board meeting in Dubai.

The ICC meeting is scheduled to be held from February 26 to March 2.
However, no call was taken on whether India will pull out of the World Cup fixture against Pakistan in Manchester on June 16.
Talking about the match against Pakistan, Rai said that the board will take a call only after having a discussion with the government of India.
"Three months is a long time. We will talk about the World Cup match with the government and then decide," Rai said.
In another development, the CoA has decided to scrap the IPL opening ceremony to help the families of the martyred soldiers. "We will not have the opening ceremony this year. We will use that budget and donate to the families of the soldiers who lost their lives in that attack," Rai informed.