Amid ongoing uncertainty regarding their participation in the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the Pakistan cricket team is set to depart for Colombo on Monday. By that time, the country’s cricket chief is expected to make a final decision.
“Despite the uncertainty over participation in the World Cup, the Pakistan team is booked to fly out to Colombo with the Australian team via Air Lanka from Lahore,” Telecom Asia Sport quoted sources as saying.
“We hope that by Friday, PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi will have cleared the team’s participation in the mega event,” the source added.
Naqvi has cast doubt on Pakistan’s participation in the Twenty20 World Cup to be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8. PCB’s stance is in show of solidarity over Bangladesh’s expulsion from the event.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) expelled Bangladesh from the marquee tournament after Bangladesh Cricket Board requested to relocate their matches from India to Sri Lanka due to security concerns. The request was turned down but BCB remained adamant at not playing in India despite ICC offering assurances having conducted independent security assessment.
