& what's the GoI objection about this series ?
Security or political ?
It will be a political call when a decision is taken. There are security implications but that is manageable.
But do elaborate how You come to term a mutual understanding of Bilateral series between the two nations, fundamental to Pakistan's agreement to the Big 3 arrangement as 'BEGGING'.
It is pretty much begging. BCCI does not need PCB, the PCB needs the money & badly.
India isn't playing in Pakistan due to obvious reasons ( security ). And not playing in Dubai is for political mileage & the satisfaction of the local populace. perhaps a measure to test the general mood of Indian populace since the post 26/11 narrative isn't so easy to contradict for the RSS led government.
The not playing in UAE is unlikely to be a GoI decision primarily, more the decision of Shashank Manohar who is in the process of clamping down hard on all corruption. The fear there, even if unexpressed publicly, is because of betting and match fixing, the allegations in the Eng-Pak series are more likely to add to the concerns.
This has every thing to do with the current government. Because if it hadn't been then the previous wouldn't have requested Pakistan to come & play in India.
Yeah but they worked in fits & starts, post 26/11. Pakistani players are still not allowed in the IPL. All governments, including this one will make their diplomatic moves but have to be careful of what the public mood is. The best thing to do is to put of the India-Pakistan series till next year but PCB is pretty desperate for revenues & that is what is driving this.
The current government of India is in power for two reasons
Economic promises & and the anti Pakistan narrative that it successfully built & exploited.
The part of the economic promise is correct, the part on Pakistan is wrong. Remember that in just over half a year post 26/11, the Congress government defeated the BJP comfortably
(in 2009). If 26/11 couldn't cause a vote for the BJP, it would be silly to think that Pakistan would have been a determining factor in 2014.
Economics, Trade & Politics are one and the same thing & hence Pakistan's reluctance & objections to certain economic & trade agreements.
Not really. Usually countries with trade embargo & such have no bilateral sporting contacts either. India & China don't see eye to eye but trade in huge volumes. The question is how far do you wish to push it? If you insist that no trade should happen before resolution of political issues, you really can't complain that sporting ties can be held to the same criterion. Especially since this boycott has an economic reason too. India playing Pakistan will result in the filling up of coffers of the Pakistani cricket board, so that too can be part of an economic argument if one wishes to make it.
If we can't expect you to Honour a MoU about a cricket series with out you doing everything possible & actively advocating for a bankruptcy of our sports organisation then should we really open our doors to your financial muscle & allow you access to CA ?
Nope but the reverse too can be an argument that could be put forward.
If any thing this Saga of a sport series proves the detractors of any such policy precisely right.
The old chicken & the egg question. In this case the Pakistani position predates the Indian one.
