Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shahryar Khan met with Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice President Rajeev Shukla under high-security on Tuesday.
The meeting comes after Shiv Sena activists stormed the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Monday, prior to a meeting between Indian cricket officials and their Pakistani counterparts regarding reviving cricket ties between the two nations.
Shiv Sena co-governs the Indian state of Maharashtra with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP.
PCB chairman Shahryar Khan and PCB Executive Committee head Najam Sethi are in India for meetings with BCCI president Shashank Manohar and top Indian cricket officials to confirm whether the India-Pakistan cricket series will take place in December.
Najam Sethi took to twitter on Tuesday to send out a message of peace, “Message for cricket fans in India and Pakistan. Don’t mix politics with cricket. Play the game and may the better side win”.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) also stopped Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar from officiating in the remaining ODIs between Indian and South Africa.
The ICC said it decided to remove Dar from the series after protesters stormed Indian cricket’s headquarters, demanding his removal.
