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Pawar, also a former Board of Control for Cricket in
India chief, said ICC would try to encourage the resumption of
Indo-Pak bilateral series if there is government clearance
from both sides.
"Recent Foreign secretary and Home Minister's visit to
Pakistan is a welcome sign. If India and Pakistan start
playing and it influences the bilateral relations of the two
countries and also if both the governments permit, we will be
happy to encourage," he said.
"ICC wants India and Pakistan to continue their bilateral
series. But ICC had not taken the initiative to stop that. It
was because of some unforseen circumstances that both the
countries had decided to stop it. But now that the process to
improve relations between the countries is on, it will give
some dividends to cricket too," Pawar added.
The cricketing ties between India and Pakistan were
stalled after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack in 2008.
Pawar, who is also a serving union minister in the Indian
government, replaced Englishman David Morgan and lauded his
predecessor's "impressive innings" during the last two years.
"David Morgan has set the principles by which the ICC
operates and now it is our responsibility to build on his
legacy," he said.
Morgan, in turn, hoped Pawar, who has served as his ICC
vice-President since 2008, would have a successful stint.
"In the past few days many people have thanked me for my
contribution to cricket. All I would say is that cricket has
been kind to me it has given me much more than I have given
back," he said.
Meanwhile, ICC said that it plans to implement an umpire
decision review system at next year's World Cup, to be held in
Indian sub-continent, to minimise the refereeing errors.
"We've just seen in another World Cup (FIFA) that is
going on what happens when match officials get the decisions
wrong. It can have a significant impact on the outcome of a
game.
"We're very keen to use the decision review system at the
upcoming World Cup. There are a few issues around cost and the
availability of technology that we still must work hard at
overcoming," Lorgat said. PTI MRM
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