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CCI urges BCCI to denounce India-Pakistan World Cup clash

India and Pakistan are set to meet on the cricket field during the 16th of June

In the wake of the gruesome terror attack on CRPF personnel at Pulwama, the Cricket Club of India (CCI) has requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to pull the Men in Blue out of the group stage match against Pakistan in the 2019 World Cup.

"We condemn the terror activities carried out against our army and CRPF personnel. Though CCI is a sporting association but nation comes first even before sports", CCI Secretary Suresh Bafna told ANI.

India and Pakistan are slated to play the group stage match at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground on June 16.

Read more on CCI's request to BCCI here

Following the Pulwama attack, the CCI had responded by covering the portrait of former World Cup winning captain and current Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Bafna insisted, "We called a meeting on the very next day of the attack and to condemn the attack, we decided to cover the photo. We'll be deciding soon how to remove the photo."