A documentary on four decades of India-Pakistan cricketing ties is among the several steps the Indian board is planning to coincide with Pakistan's upcoming tour.
The 15-minute documentary will bring alive some of the all-time great matches the two countries have played, an official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday.
"It is going to be a documentary that will trace the Test history between India and Pakistan and is likely to be about 15 minutes long," Amrit Mathur, director of the BCCI's communication and coordination committee (CCC), told IANS.
It was the CCC that mooted the idea of the documentary — the first venture of its kind by the BCCI — and the board's working committee is expected to okay the project on Thursday.
Mathur said that the BCCI is in touch with different sports production companies, including Doordarshan, for archival footage. But it is unlikely that footage is available of all matches played since 1952, when the Pakistani team first toured India, he said.
"We are in touch with several companies and Doodarshan, but footage of matches before the 1986 Australasia Cup in Sharjah is not available, though we are still checking," said Mathur.
It was in that tournament that Pakistan's Javed Miandad hit Chetan Sharma for a six off the last ball to win a thrilling match for his country.
{{/usCountry}}It was in that tournament that Pakistan's Javed Miandad hit Chetan Sharma for a six off the last ball to win a thrilling match for his country.
{{/usCountry}}It has not been decided as to which company the BCCI would outsource the documentary.