LAHORE, March 27: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) which has lately come under fire for failing to invite former Pakistan Test players to see Pak-India One-day International series , went a step further by inviting former Indian Test skippers continuing with its cold shouldered attitude towards compatriots.

Theboard has invited 15 former Indian Test captainstosee thethreeTest series which begins from Sunday.Butonly five, who are: Chandu Borde, Gundappa Viswanath, Dilip Vengsarkar (for the second Test at Lahore), Nawab of Pataudi Mansur Ali Khan and Ajit Wadekar (third Test at Rawalpindi), have confirmed their availability to the PCB.

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