Pakistan’s participation at World Cup in India topic to authorities approval
Pakistan’s involvement on the 50-over World Cup in India later this yr stays topic to their authorities’s approval. According to PCB chairman Najam Sethi, the board has written to the ICC following the discharge of a draft schedule of this year’s ODI World Cup to emphasize that they can’t unilaterally approve the fixture record.
“We have written to the ICC that we can’t give approval or disapproval to this (World Cup schedule),” Sethi stated. “It’s our government who has to decide, just like when it comes to India, it’s their government that decides when they go to play. There is no point asking us if we will play in Ahmedabad. When the time comes, first it will be decided whether we are going or not, then the government decides where we will go. Our decision will rest on these two important conditions.”
The India vs Pakistan fixture is about for October 15 in Ahmedabad. Pakistan are scheduled to play throughout 5 venues through the league section. They have not toured India for the reason that 2016 T20 World Cup.
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