India and Pakistan will play four to five one-day internationals (ODIs) every year in non-Test playing countries, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday.
Talking to reporters after the BCCI's Marketing Committee meeting in Mumbai Committee chairman Lalit Modi said both the cricket boards of India and Pakistan have decided to expand the reach of cricket by playing matches in the summer months in those countries where there is a vast population of expatriate Indians and Pakistanis.
I S Bindra, who was also present on the occasion, said these matches would be conducted by either of the two boards and would be bilateral cricket affair like the Sahara Cup, which was held for a couple of years in Toronto, Canada, and conducted by the BCCI.
Bindra also added that no other organisation would be allowed to conduct the matches, referring to the CBFS-organised series in Sharjah.
Modi further stated that to kick off this arrangement, two matches have been planned in Abu Dhabi on April 18 and 19, the proceeds of which would go for rehabilitation of people hit by the earthquake last year both in Pakistan and India.
"Around 75 per cent of the proceeds would go for Pak quake relief, while 25 per cent would be spent on rehabilitating the affected people in Jammu and Kashmir," Modi added.
- UNI
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