Ramiz Raja: Impossible to resume Indo-Pak bilateral ties at this moment

Ramiz Raja

Newly-elected Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja on Monday said resumption of bilateral assignments with India is "impossible right now" and he is "not in a hurry" for it either as his focus is solely on his country's domestic circuit at this point.

Raja, 59, who formally took over on Monday after being elected unanimously, also acknowledged that being chairman of the PCB is one of the toughest jobs in cricket. "It is a very big challenge and a lot of boxes had to be ticked before the Prime Minister [Imran Khan] decided to give me this tough job," he said in a press conference here.

Asked about the possibility of revival of bilateral series between Pakistan and India, Raja said, "Impossible right now...because the sporting model has been spoiled by politics and right now it is a status quo and we are not in a hurry on this issue because we have to focus on our domestic and local cricket," he added. When asked whether he would allow the board CEO, Wasim Khan, to carry on, Raja made it clear that he would not discuss internal matters of the body in public.

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