The Pakistan authorities has given a go-ahead to the nationwide workforce to play in opposition to India within the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup in Colombo, sources stated, including that the choice was arrived at after a gathering between Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Monday.
Although PCB Chairman Naqvi wrote in a social media put up {that a} ultimate resolution on this matter can be introduced by Friday or Monday, sources informed IANS that Pakistan will play India within the T20 World Cup.
“Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi, met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and briefed him intimately concerning the ICC T-20 World Cup and the present state of affairs concerning the Bangladesh Cricket Board,” a supply informed IANS.
There have been studies that Pakistan are prone to boycott their match in opposition to India if not all the match to indicate solidarity with Bangladesh, who’ve been changed by Scotland within the T20 World Cup schedule after they refused to journey to India for his or her matches citing safety fears.
In a put up on X, the PCB Chairman stated that he had a “productive assembly” with the Prime Minister. “Briefed him on the ICC Matter, and he directed that we resolve it whereas conserving all choices on the desk. It was agreed that the ultimate resolution can be taken both on Friday or subsequent Monday”, Naqvi wrote within the put up on X.
Though the Pakistan authorities has given its nod to play the ICC T20 World Cup and India match, studies stated they may make some type of protest earlier than that.
“The workforce might put on black armbands within the match or situation a press release in assist of Bangladesh earlier than it,” sources informed Telecom Asia Sport (www.telecomasia.internet).
Naqvi can also be Pakistan’s Inside Minister, and thus the second-in-command after PM Sharif, and by leaving the choice to him and the PCB, the Pakistan authorities is hoping to pile on the strain on the ICC.
Sources additionally informed IANS that PM Shehbaz Sharif has additionally directed the PCB to jot down a letter to the ICC on the Bangladesh situation. Pakistan is the one board among the many prime affiliated nationwide associations to come back out in assist of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) throughout the ICC board assembly at which the worldwide governing physique for cricket determined to reject Bangladesh’s request for a venue change.