NEW DELHI ∙ Weeks of uncertainty are over; Pakistan cricket team gets visa to come to India for ODI World Cup The International Cricket Council has confirmed that the Pakistan cricket team has received visas. The Indian High Commission in Islamabad has directed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to purchase the passports of the players. The PCB had lodged a complaint with the ICC the other day stating that the visa process was taking longer than usual. At the same time, the ICC is of the view that there was only a natural delay related to this.
Among the nine teams participating in the tournament along with India, only the Pakistan team did not get a visa, which was the reason for the confusion. Due to delay in getting visas, Pakistan cricket team canceled their trip to Dubai. This month. The team’s plan was to go to Dubai and stay there for two days before going to Hyderabad for the first warm-up match against New Zealand on the 29th. But the team management decided to come directly from Karachi to Hyderabad due to delay in Indian visa.
This is the first time since 2012-13 that the Pakistan team is coming to India. Pakistan and India last played a bilateral series in 2012–13. Since then the two teams have faced each other only in ICC tournaments and the Asia Cup. The Indian team last visited Pakistan in 2006. Only two players of the Pakistan team for the World Cup have come to India for a cricket match before this.
Pakistan’s first World Cup match will be against the Netherlands on October 6 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Pakistan announced a 15-member squad led by Babar Azam for the World Cup. With this, Pakistan became the first team to announce the final squad for the World Cup. The time to announce the final team is till 27th of this month.
Pakistan will miss the services of injured pacer Naseem Shah. Hasan Ali was included in the team to replace Naseem. Pakistan’s pace attack is led by Shaheen Shah Afridi. Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim and Hasan Ali will also be in support.
English Summary: Pakistan’s visa issues sorted, team cleared to travel for the World Cup
2023-09-25 16:35:45
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