KARACHI: A top Pakistan Cricket Board official said it's tragic that "something happened" whenever they became hopeful of playing India, while urging the ICC to set up a special fund for them till BCCI agrees to play in a bilateral series.Najam Sethi, a former chairman of the board who now heads the PCB 's executive committee, admitted that at present relations between Pakistan and India were not such that cricket could be played between them. "We were offered loans but we said we were not asking for a loan or handouts. We want the ICC to set up a special fund for us until the Indian cricket board agrees to play bilateral cricket with us. "This time we gave our message across very clear that is why they have agreed for the special fund. We told them that hosting matches in UAE has not been profitable for us and we will even ask the Emirates board through the ICC to rent us out grounds on concession rates."

Source: Times of India October 22, 2016 15:39 UTC