The BCCI today declined that it has received any request from the
Pakistan Cricket Board to accommodate a one-off Twenty20 international during the series
against the arch-rivals starting next month.
"Where's the question? We have not received any request from the PCB on the
issue," BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said.
News reports from Pakistan have said that the PCB wanted
the one-off T20 tie to raise funds for former coach Bob Woolmer's dream project
-- a cricket academy in South Africa.
The BCCI has always maintained that it would be difficult to
accommodate the T20 tie because of the tight schedule of the Indian team.
On the proposed Indian Premier League, Shah said that the first
meeting of IPL Governing Council will be held tomorrow.
"Lalit Modi (match commissioner and chairman of the league)
will give the latest details about the IPL during the meeting," Shah said.
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