With Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) agreeing for an ODI series between both the countries later this year, former Pakistani great Rameez Raja feels that cricket will benefit immensely and should make it a regular affair just like the Ashes.
“We saw it at the 2011 International Cricket Council World Cup semi-final, when even American newspapers carried cricket headlines on the India-Pakistan match. I think we should encourage it. It has a lot of scope and people want them to play more often, and cricket will benefit from it. Hopefully, this series should happen. Cricket can solve problem. The ICC should do it in a proper format and include it in their annual calendar, like the Ashes,” said Raja. Talking in context of the Sri Lankan Premier League, Rameez added that it has fired the imagination of cricket fans, young aspirants and purists alike in the sub-continent.
