Union Home Minister P Chidambaram expressed his serious displeasure over the Services cricket pulling out of a Ranji trophy match in Srinagar and promised to see that a cricket match takes place there.

As the Services Sports Control Board decision, citing security reasons, not to play in Srinagar against the Jammu and Kashmir stirred up a raging political controversy, he said had he been aware of the move, it would not have happened.

Appealing to everyone to put this incident behind accepting the apology of the Services Sports Board not only to the people of Jammu and Kashmir but to everybody, he said the Services has now requested that the match be rescheduled and played in Srinagar.

"Whether that will be possible, whether the forfeiture if final, I cannot say. But I have told the Defence Secretary if it was not possible to play this match in Srinagar, because it is already forfeited, the Services Board must request the BCCI to schedule another match in Srinagar," the Minister told reporters in Jagti, about 15 km from Jammu.

He said any sports event scheduled for Srinagar will take place and "I will see that a cricket match takes place in Srinagar."