Younis hopes bilateral ties with India resume soon

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: October 30, 2009

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Karachi: Skipper of Pakistan’s national team, Younis Khan, has said that he is keeping his fingers crossed and hoping that Pakistan’s bilateral cricketing ties with India resume as soon as possible.

At the opening of a sports shop here, Younis said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ejaz Butt going to India to meet BCCI officials was a good sign. “I hope he returns home after having positive negotiations with the Indian board officials and there is some progress towards restoring bilateral cricket ties with India,” he said.

“Cricket has always served to reduce differences between the people of the two countries and give a boost to friendship,” he added.

Younis said that nothing can match the significance and magnitude of a series against India. “I think even our semifinal loss in the Champions Trophy was accepted by the people because we managed to beat India in the group stage,” he said.

He said he still treasured his 267 runs against India at Bangalore in 2005 as one of his best Test innings.

Earlier, India had suspended bilateral cricketing ties with Pakistan since the Mumbai terror attacks last November and cancelled a Test tour to Pakistan earlier this year causing heavy losses in revenues to the PCB.

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