SL create history in SA, Kohli on Indo-Pak World Cup clash and more - Cricket News Today, 23rd February 2019
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Sri Lanka have created history by becoming the first Asian team to win a Test series on South African soil. The visitors followed up their victory at Durban with an epoch-making eight-wicket victory at Port Elizabeth.
India captain Virat Kohli has opened up on his views regarding the clash against Pakistan in the 2019 World Cup. The high-voltage match between the arch-rivals is mired in uncertainty in the aftermath of recent events.
Here are all of today's top news from the cricket world.
CoA Chairman Vinod Rai calls for 'cricket apartheid' on Pakistan
Vinod Rai, Chairman of BCCI's Committee of Administrators (CoA), has revealed that the Indian cricket board is working closely with the government with the aim of isolating Pakistan in the cricket world.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Vinod Rai asserted, "I look at it (BCCI's letter to the ICC) from the point of view that we are able to isolate Pakistan. Make it a cricket apartheid for Pakistan on the terror issue. The idea is to work hand in hand with the Indian government to isolate Pakistan in the cricketing community."
Read more on Vinod Rai's statements on isolating Pakistan here
When asked about the growing calls for India to boycott the Pakistan match in the World Cup, he felt, "Why should we shoot ourselves in the foot by not playing? We should seek their (Pakistan) ouster and remove them from the cricketing committee."
In the wake of the recent terror attack in Pulwama, the BCCI have written to the ICC and urged the cricketing community to cut ties with 'countries from which terrorism emanates'.