da supremo： The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Tuesday night accused India of”going back” on its “commitment” to play in the second edition of theAsian Test Championship beginning at Multan on Aug 29 and said thecouncil would go ahead with the holding of the
da doce： 22-Aug-2001The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Tuesday night accused India of”going back” on its “commitment” to play in the second edition of theAsian Test Championship beginning at Multan on Aug 29 and said thecouncil would go ahead with the holding of the event.Reacting to Indian government’s decision not to take part in thechampionship, ACC secretary Zakir Sayed told PTI in Islamabad that theentire ACC programme, including the India-Pakistan match, was drawn upwith the “permission of the Indian government.””It was the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India ACMuthiah who had obtained permission from the government and worked outthe ATC schedule at the ACC meeting in Lahore sometime back,” Syedsaid.”Having given permission to the competition, it is strange on the partof India to go back on its own commitment,” he said.Syed said “we have tried our best to take India along but it is sadthat India have chosen to opt out.”He said both the Pakistan Cricket Board and the ACC would sufferfinancial losses due to India’s absence from the competition as therights for the telecast of the ATC matches have already been firmedup.But, Syed said, the ACC would “emerge stronger” out of thedevelopment.
