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The Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket group’s visas for travel to India for the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 have actually been postponed by a couple of days which has actually shelved their preparation strategies. Based on a report in ESPNcricinfo, the Pakistani group was expected to take a trip to Dubai initially early next week for a group bonding workout prior to heading to Hyderabad from there. Pakistan play their very first warm-up component in Hyderabad versus New Zealand on September 29.
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Now, after the hold-up in getting the visa clearance, they will take a trip to Delhi initially from Lahore early Wednesday and from there, take the next flight to Lahore. The application for the visas was supposedly done to over a week back and some in PCB have actually called the circumstance as ‘disconcerting’.
_ Our team for the ICC World Cup 2023 _ #WeHaveWeWill|#CWC 23 pic.twitter.com/pJjOOncm56– Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 22, 2023
It has actually likewise been discovered that Pakistan are the only side out of the 9 which will be landing in India for the World Cup who are still awaiting their visas. The Australian cricket group is currently in India to play the World Cup while remainder of the groups have actually likewise got the clearance to go into the nation and will be reaching India in the coming week.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have actually currently been at loggerheads numerous times in the last one year. Pakistan’s involvement in the ODI World Cup was likewise not validated after BCCI declined to take a trip throughout the border to play the Asia Cup. As an outcome, the continental competition was played in a hybrid design recommended by the then PCB chairman Najam Sethi. Pakistan got to host simply 4 matches while other components, consisting of the last, were hosted by Sri Lanka.
In retailation, PCB too desired a hybrid design for the World Cup. That was rejected. Pakistan, supposedly, wished to play their matches in Bangladesh. When that was rejected, the Pakistani federal government ultimately cleared the group to go to India to play the World Cup, mentioning they did not desire politics to come in between sporting ties.
The warm-up betweeen Pakistan and New Zealand will be played behind closed doors as the Hyderabad authorities had actually informed the Hyderabad Cricket Association about their failure to offer complete security for the taking a trip groups in wake of spiritual celebrations that fall a day in the past. Pakistan play their very first World Cup match vs Netherlands on October 6 at Hyderabad.