While India and Pakistan remain engaged in a military conflict, cricket diplomacy appears to be quietly playing its part. It is understood that the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) declined the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) request to host the relocated Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches following a nudge from Indian cricket administrators.
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Behind PSL's failed relocation to UAE, quiet cricket diplomacy at play
The PCB had announced relocation of the remaining eight PSL games to the UAE, but the plan came undone as the Emirates Cricket Board ultimately declined the request © AFP
"When soldiers are dying at the border, we cannot keep quiet," a cricket official said.
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