PCB not to send security officer to India

The Pakistan team will not be accompanied by a security officer when it visits India later this month for the Test and one-day series.

The Pakistan cricket team will not be accompanied by a security officer when it visits India later this month for the Test and one-day series.

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"No I don't think we have any such plan in mind. The team management going to India is supposed to take care of everything," Pakistan Cricket Board's media advisor Abbas Zaidi said.

"The manager and the assistant manager will liaison with the Indian board for the security arrangements to be made for our players," Zaidi was quoted as saying in a local daily.

Pakistan had sent a two-member venue-inspection team comprising PCB's general manager (cricket operations) Zakir Khan and a high-ranking police officer Sohail Khan to India last month to inspect the venues and co-ordinate with the Indian security and Home Ministry officials.

Pakistan later refused to play a Test at Ahmedabad because of security concerns expressed by its inspection team.

"They have given us a comprehensive report on the security and other arrangements being made for our team (in India) and we are satisfied with them," Zaidi said.

He said Pakistan believed that security arrangements were the sole responsibility of the home board and that the touring sides must go by their preparations and assurances.