Kolkata, May 13: Following the footsteps of former captain Kapil Dev, batting great Mohinder Amarnath today expressed himself against revival of Indo-Pak cricketing ties till terrorism from across the border stopped. "India should not play cricket with Pakistan as long as terrorism continues from across the border," Amarnath, in the city to coach eastern zone trainees of the National Cricket Academy, told newspersons. Kapil Dev had yesterday said that resumption of cricketing contests between the two neighbours was a matter to be decided by the government. "I standby whatever I have said in the past. You cannot be playing cricket when people are dying on either side of the border," Kapil, who led the World Cup winning Indian side in 1983, said. Though India has refused to play Pakistan since 1999 in bilateral cricket series citing political tensions between the two countries, prospects of the two former World Cup champions resuming their cricket rivalry has brightened in recent days with New Delhi and Islamabad indicating revival of political dialogue.

Bureau Report