Pakistan’s Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said that if people want resumption of bilateral cricket ties between Pakistan and India than politics has to be kept out of the sport. But unless politics is kept away from cricket than there can’t be a resumption of bilateral ties,” Misbah told reporters here. India has not played a proper bilateral Test series against Pakistan since 2007 when Misbah toured India with the national side. Misbah said that Pakistan had always pushed for resumption of bilateral ties but unfortunately the response from India had not been the same. Former players have ridiculed the statement by Thakur pointing out that as it is India who had avoided playing against Pakistan in a bilateral series since last nine years.

Source: Hindustan Times September 25, 2016 14:15 UTC