{
    "id": "9973",
    "author": "13",
    "cnmid": "0",
    "title": "BJP MP opposes India-Pakistan cricket series",
    "lang": "en",
    "series": "0",
    "cup_year": "2015",
    "article_type": "General",
    "excerpt": "A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian on Monday expressed his opposition",
    "subtype": "",
    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian on Monday expressed his opposition to the proposed India-Pakistan cricket series in December.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Former home secretary and MP from Bihar&#39;s Arrah, R.K. Singh, raised the issue in the Lok Sabha during zero hour.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Alluding to Pakistan&#39;s role in the 26\/11 Mumbai terror attack and release of its mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Singh said: &quot;A country which is giving shelters to the terrorists, who have attacked and had carried out bomb blasts against us, what is a point of playing cricket with that country, I don&#39;t understand.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is in Pakistan as the home minister has just stated. You don&#39;t have friendly relations with a country which sends terrorists across the Line of Control everyday. I would request the government to reconsider the decision seriously.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Chiefs of India&#39;s and Pakistan&#39;s cricket boards met in Kolkata on Sunday, and later told the media that the proposed series would likely have three Tests, five one-day internationals (ODIs) and two T20 games.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">It was suggested that the series be played in the United Arab Emirates as a neutral venue.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">International teams have refused to play in Pakistan after the 2009 terror attack on the Sri Lanka players in Lahore.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Last time the two countries faced each other in a bilateral series was in 2012-13, when Pakistan played two T20s and three ODIs in India. The last Test series was also played in India in 2007.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">India has not played a full series in Pakistan since 2006.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
    "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2015\/05\/india-vs-pakistan4.jpg",
    "alt_img": "india vs pakistan",
    "alt_title": "india vs pakistan",
    "image1": "",
    "video": "",
    "seo_title": "BJP MP opposes India-Pakistan cricket series",
    "seo_desc": "A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian on Monday expressed his opposition",
    "seo_keywords": "India-Pakistan cricket series ",
    "tag": "",
    "tagging": "",
    "status": "1",
    "img_rpt": "0",
    "google": "0",
    "standout": "0",
    "edapps": "0",
    "pulse": "0",
    "no_index": "0",
    "feed": "0",
    "fixture": "0",
    "slug": "bjp-mp-opposes-india-pakistan-cricket-series",
    "user_id": "0",
    "read_count": "0",
    "ians_date": "0000-00-00",
    "ians_time": "00:00:00",
    "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "trash": "0",
    "view_count": "1392",
    "page_break": "0",
    "instant_articles": "0",
    "auto_link": "0",
    "created": "2015-05-11 09:46:00",
    "updated": "2015-05-11 09:46:00",
    "img_from": "",
    "img_source": "",
    "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "news_keywords": null,
    "livescore_text": null,
    "livescore_link": null,
    "btn_text": null,
    "resend_feed": "0",
    "google_feed": "0",
    "read_more": "0",
    "posted_by": "1",
    "jio_date": "2015-05-11 09:46:00",
    "scheduled": "0",
    "news_now": "1",
    "breaking_news": "0",
    "google_date": "2015-05-11 09:46:00",
    "featured": "0",
    "pred_match_id": null,
    "article_content_type": null,
    "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/bjp-mp-opposes-india-pakistan-cricket-series-9973"
}