Pakistan-born Australian cricket Usman Khawaja has made a controversial statement saying that none of the international teams would refuse to tour India if there was a terror threat brewing in the country while finding it extremely easy to say no to nations like Pakistan and Bangladesh.

According to Khawaja, the reason behind such a decision-making process is the kind of money involved while teams tour India.

Usman Khawaja has lamented the recent abandonment of cricket tours to Pakistan, ahead of Australia's slated tour there next year https://t.co/iRmmD35Id4

"I feel it's very easy for players and organisations to say no to Pakistan, because it's Pakistan. I think the same thing would apply too, if it were Bangladesh. But nobody would say no to India, if they're in the same situation," Khawaja was quoted as saying by The Australian Associated Press.

"Money talks, we all know that, and that's probably a big part of it. They keep proving time and time again through their tournaments that they're a safe place to play cricket. I think there's no reason why we shouldn't go back," said the cricketer.

It's easy to target India for anything bad happens around in Asia.

Money talks but security matters.
India's security is far better.

Just reminding you of Mumbai attack when England walked away. This year's IPL and so on.

Talk but dont target India unnecessarily.

Khawaja’s comments follow the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) decision to pull out of touring Pakistan mere days after New Zealand Cricket withdrew their players from the country citing credible security concerns. Cricketer Martin Guptil’s wife received death threats for her husband and intelligence agencies warned the Black Caps about a potential terror threat to their team.

With both New Zealand and England cancelling their tours of Pakistan, it has been a big blow for Pakistan’s attempt to bring back international cricket to their grounds. The recently appointed Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Rameez Raja, even expressed his disappointment with the incidents while saying that the PCB will not be insulted this way anymore.

PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja spoke with the foreign media a day after the England and Wales Cricket Board announced withdrawing their sides from next month’s tour of Pakistan.

The entire clip of his interaction is available here: https://t.co/jelbNxbBMZ pic.twitter.com/umhctceFMo

“Disappointed with England, pulling out of their commitment & failing a member of their Cricket fraternity when it needed it most. Survive we will inshallah. A wake up call for Pak team to become the best team in the world for teams to line up to play them without making excuses,” wrote the former cricketer.

نیوزی لینڈ کرکٹ ٹیم کا دورہِ پاکستان منسوخ کرنے کے حوالے سے وفاقی وزیرِ اطلاعات چوہدری فواد حسین کے پریس کانفرنس میں اہم انکشافات۔@fawadchaudhry @MoIB_Official pic.twitter.com/uvRIZaKybM

Days after the two tours were called off, the Pakistan government ended up blaming India for the terror threat received by New Zealand players. According to the press conference held by Fawad Chaudhry, Federal Minister For Information & Broadcasting, Pakistan Government, a man named Om Prakash Mishra, a Mumbai resident, had threatened to place bombs in the Black Caps' hotels and flights.

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