Overview

• In a letter dated August 23 to BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, Gogoi asks the board to halt cricket ties with Pakistan until conditions become favourable.
• India and Pakistan are scheduled to play a group-stage Asia Cup match in Dubai on September 14, which he wants called off.
• He argues that playing Pakistan now would undercut India’s national security posture and the sacrifices of the armed forces.
• Gogoi points to India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty and Pakistan’s withdrawal from hockey events in India to bolster his case.
• He earlier urged Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to leverage his association with Saikia to influence the board, and no BCCI response has been reported.