Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai speaking exclusively to India Today, made it clear that India's plan will be to isolate Pakistan in world cricket and declare the as "the apartheid of cricket".
With the debate over whether India should play Pakistan in the World Cup raging, Rai argued that argued, "Why do we boycott Pakistan in World Cup when we have prepared four years for this tournament."
"Its like shooting ourselves in the foot. Why damage Indian cricket because we don't want to play Pakistan in World Cup," CoA chief Vinod Rai told India Today.
He said that India should try and isolate Pakistan and make other nations boycott them too.
"We must try to isolate Pakistan from cricket community. That's what we are trying to do. We want other ICC members to realise that terror emanates from Pakistan," Rai told India Today.
"Long term plan, we want to declare Pakistan as the apartheid of cricket," said Rai.
"Just the way SA at one point, no team was playing them. Similar plan we need to do with Pakistan where no team should play them," he added.
Vinod Rai also said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will raise this matter in the next International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting.
"Will raise this point in ICC meet next week," Rai said.
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