The Asian Cricket Foundation (ACF) chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya onWednesday described the government’s decision not to allow the Indianteam to participate in the Asian Test Championship as an “internalmatter” and asserted that the meet would go ahead
22-Aug-2001The Asian Cricket Foundation (ACF) chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya onWednesday described the government’s decision not to allow the Indianteam to participate in the Asian Test Championship as an “internalmatter” and asserted that the meet would go ahead as scheduled.”It is purely an internal matter between the Government of India andthe Indian Cricket Board. The ACC or the ACF has no jurisdiction todeal with the respective governments. I have no comment to make on thedecision”, Dalmiya said in Kolkata.He said the ACC had taken a policy decision to continue with itstournaments even if one of the four Test playing countries pulled outand there would be no exception this time also.The decision not to participate in the ATC was taken at a meetingbetween Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Union Home Minister LKAdvani and External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh in New Delhi onTuesday evening.The discussions took place on the basis of a letter Union SportsMinister Uma Bharati wrote to the Prime Minister suggesting Indiashould not participate in the Asian Test Championship which begins inMultan on August 29 with a match between defending champion Pakistanand newcomers Bangladesh.