IND vs PAK Test Match / India-Pakistan Test match to be held in Melbourne? Australia Cricket said this; Know the whole matter

IND vs PAK Test Match: A historic match was witnessed between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2022 at the MCG in Melbourne. Seeing the success of that match, the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) which manages the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) and the Government of Victoria have held special talks with Cricket Australia. Talking to CA, the MCC has expressed its desire to organize a Test match between India and Pakistan at the MCG. It is noteworthy that in the recent T20 World Cup, about one lakh spectators reached the stadium to watch the India-Pakistan match.

Talking to Sen (SEN) Radio on the fourth day of the ongoing second Test between Australia and South Africa, MCC CEO Stuart Fox gave this information. He told that both the club and the government of Victoria have discussed with CA about India-Pakistan neutral venue test match. Let us tell you that the last Test match between India and Pakistan took place in 2007. Since then both the teams have not played a single Test match against each other. At the same time, since 2013, there have never been bilateral series matches between the two teams apart from the Asia Cup and the World Cup.

About 90,293 people reached the stadium to watch the T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan at MCG. Seeing the success of this high voltage match, MCC has offered a neutral venue test match between the two countries. Regarding this, CEO Fox said, if this (Test match IND vs PAK) happens in MCG, it will be wonderful. We have spoken to Cricket Australia about this. However, it is quite difficult considering the busy schedule of both the countries in the coming times. So this offering is also a big challenge for us.

Cricket Australia gave this answer

A statement has also come out from CA (Cricket Australia) on this demand of MCC. The CA spokesperson said that whether there will be a Test series or a neutral Test between India and Pakistan, the entire responsibility rests with the BCCI and the PCB. If both the boards agree on this, then Cricket Australia will be available to organize it. A huge crowd of supporters of both the countries was seen in the World Cup match. So looking at its success, we are ready for this event but the consent between both the boards is necessary.

Currently, there is no scheduled bilateral series between the two countries in the schedule of both India and Pakistan from 2023 to 2027. At present, there is a dispute between the two countries over the arrival of Asia Cup 2023 and ODI World Cup 2023. BCCI Secretary Jai Shah refused some time back to go to Pakistan for the Asia Cup. At the same time, the then PCB chairman Rameez Raja also talked about not coming to India for the ODI World Cup. This is where the controversy started. However, recently the new chairman of the PCB Management Council, Najam Sethi, left the decision entirely to the government.