'No assurance' of India and Pakistan handshakes

The caput of nan Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) Devajit Saikia says location is nary assurance that India and Pakistan players will shingle hands erstwhile they play astatine nan Women's World Cup connected Sunday.

During nan recently-concluded men's Asia Cup, nan teams played each different 3 times, including successful nan last which was won by India.

In nan first game, which was their first gathering since nan conflict betwixt nan nations earlier this year, Pakistan coach Mike Hesson said India refused to shingle hands.

The hostility continued passim and culminated pinch India not accepting nan winners' trophy from Asian Cricket Council president Mohsin Naqvi, who is besides nan president of nan Pakistan Cricket Board.

"I cannot forecast anything, but our narration pinch that peculiar dispute state is nan same, location is nary alteration successful nan past week," Saikia told BBC Stumped.

"India will play that lucifer against Pakistan successful Colombo, and each cricket protocols will beryllium followed. I tin only guarantee that immoderate is successful nan MCC regulations of cricket, that will beryllium done.

"Whether location will beryllium handshakes, whether location will beryllium hugging, I cannot guarantee you of thing astatine this moment."

Pakistan are based successful Colombo, Sri Lanka for nan entirety of nan World Cup arsenic nan teams will only look each different astatine neutral venues and successful world competitions.

This argumentation was successful spot moreover earlier nan four-day conflict successful April which followed a deadly militant onslaught connected visitors successful India-administered Kashmir.

If Pakistan suffice for nan semi-final aliases nan final, they will besides play their games successful Colombo.

Co-hosts India and Sri Lanka opened nan tourney successful Guwahati connected Tuesday, pinch India winning comfortably by 59 runs.