NEW DELHI: India is ready to host extra matches in the 2011 World Cup if Pakistan lose staging rights in the wake of the attack on the Sri Lankan team, the head of the Indian cricket board said on Wednesday.

"The issue would come up at the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting where it would be discussed among all the members," Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar told reporters from Nagpur.

"India is willing. There is no problem."

Pakistan's hopes of jointly staging the World Cup with India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka appear bleak after gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore on Tuesday, injuring six players and killing seven Pakistanis.

Even before the incident, security fears in Pakistan forced the ICC to first postpone and then move the Champions Trophy, now scheduled for later this year.

Manohar said he had not spoken to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials since the attack, which has shaken confidence in sporting events in the Indian sub-continent, but felt the prospects of that country staging World Cup matches were slim.

"I haven't spoken to them, (but) it could be tough for them."

ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat told a news conference in London on Tuesday it was difficult to see international cricket being played in Pakistan for the foreseeable future.

Pakistan are scheduled to stage 14 World Cup matches and India 22. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are due to host nine and six games respectively.

ICC vice-president Sharad Pawar has asked the ruling body's president David Morgan to call a meeting of cricket board chiefs to discuss the situation.

"In the next 8 to 10 days the schedule for the meeting will be known," Pawar told media persons.

The ICC have already asked the World Cup hosts to pick alternate venues within or outside their country if security issues crop up.

Pakistan have been asked to play international matches in neutral venues following the attack.

BCCI officials are due to meet in Mumbai on Friday to discuss the developments, a senior cricket official said.
India ready for more games if Pak lose World Cup ,3/5/2009 3:55:21 AM

lol pehle india ipl host karlein phir world cup kee baat karein

When it goes from Pakistan , it will go from whole the SUBCONTINENT !

pure enemies
dosron ki majburi ka najaiz fiyda uthana chahte hain inhi ka haath hai iss attack mein

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yaar they consider india "safe"

of course it would be shifted from India too. India is not safe either.

lol SA bhi nahi Cricinfo - Ricky Ponting observes Australia practice under heavy security

chalo iss baar WC canada mein kerlo

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those greedy bastards

ipl kara loo thn batana yha season hi last season ha ipl ka janab u watch we proud our nation

does pakistan get to have any say who they want to host their part of the matches?? if they do, sri lanka should host them

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Fauj lagti hai sabko achi, jub hoti hai sarhadon per.

If we get a clean IPL then the odds are we will get it.....we have the capacity to host more matches...it will really good for us and for our economy

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"Once a guy decides to attack the cricketers, we are not tough targets. Cricketers roam about freely on tours, so you have to be aware." MS Dhoni, India captain

Let's hope for the best . Yes, we need a problem free IPL . IPL people are planning to hire services of private security agencies to conduct second edition of IPL.

I pray that all thier bad intentions backfires on them

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[SIZE=1]We are now all Pakistanis--not Baluchis, Pathans, Sindhis, Bengalis, Punjabis and so on-Quaid-e-Azam[/SIZE]

lol haha, im sorry i cant help it.

bhagal mein churri, mun pay raam raam