PCB sends notice of dispute to BCCI

Now, according to the terms of the reference, the BCCI has one week to respond to the PCB and if the response is positive, it will lead to a meeting between officials from both boards to try and settle the issue. However, if a solution is not found it would result in the matter being referred to the ICC dispute resolution committee, which will form a panel to hear the case.

The PCB also clarified that Pakistan will not be touring India as scheduled in the Future Tours Programme (FTP) in 2018 because the cycle of bilateral fixtures had to start with Pakistan as hosts. Pakistan’s dispute notice to the BCI comes on the back of the ICC awarding six points to their Women’s cricket team, after the BCCI failed to give "acceptable reasons" for not participating in a bilateral series, as part of the ICC Women's Championship.

Finally, the PCB and BCCI made an attempt to play in December 2015, with Sri Lanka as a possible venue for the series and leaders from both the boards even met ECB President Giles Clarke in Dubai, who acted as a mediator for the meeting but as the date approached the BCCI remained unresponsive towards PCB and the series was scrapped due to no official confirmation from India.