This Is Not Cricket
By Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
Lahore, Pakistan

The Shiv Sena attack on the BCCI headquarters at Mumbai was a pre-planned scheme of the RAW-controlled BJP government. This is convincingly proved by the pictures of the BCCI chief, sitting casually and talking confidently with the attackers as if they were his guests. The body language of the BCCI president, Mr Shashank Manohar, said it all.
The whole drama was enacted to put the PCB chairman under pressure and to force him to accept whatever offer they (RAW, BJP and BCCI) were going to make to show that the BCCI was going out of the way to favor the PCB in spite of severe pressures from the Hindu fanatics.
The BCCI realizes the consequences of India’s refusal to play with Pakistan in the UAE:
1. There is a chance that BCB may agree to visit Pakistan, after their Australian tour setback and the treatment meted out to the BCB by the big three, where India didn't support them at all and Pakistan fully supported their cause.
2. If Pakistan, as a retaliation, refuses to play the T20 match vs India in the coming World Cup, it will result in huge financial loss as well as loss of face.
As such, the Indians want to give the PCB chairman a lollipop by way of a meaningless short series with India, or a tri- series with the inclusion of the BD team, to keep PCB subservient to its grand scheme and to ensure that it does get off the hook.