PCB demands ICC to get written assurances from the BCCI
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has requested the ICC to obtain written assurances from the BCCI that its team would suffer no problems getting visas to perform in the 2021 T20 World Cup and the 2023 50 over World Cup in India.
“We are also looking at the fact that the ICC World Cups are to be hosted in India in 2021 and 2023 and we have already asked the ICC to give us written assurances from BCCI that we will not face any problems getting visas and clearance to play in India,” PCB CEO Wasim Khan stated in an interview on the Youtube Channel.
According to a senior official, the PCB has requested ICC to report the BCCI to get the assurances from their government in the following months. The official also confirmed that the ICC executive board would determine at its next meet whether the next World T20 Cup would be hosted by India or Australia.
Khan stated it was doubtful the World T20 could be held this year in Australia. “The big question now is when the World T20 is held in 2021 will it be hosted by Australia or India as India has the hosting rights for the already scheduled World T20 Cup in 2021,” he stated.
Khan denoted out that in recent times that numerous Pakistan sports squads were not permitted by the Indian government to play in India. “That is why we have asked for the advance assurances. But eventually it is an ICC event and it is their responsibility to ensure we as a full member and signatory of the participants agreement go and play in these ICC events.”
“We have a good relationship with the BCCI but we know realistically a bilateral series is not possible in the foreseeable future,” he stated.
When questioned what would be PCB’s position if BCCI chief Saurav Ganguly decided to compete for the post of ICC Chairman when the sitting Chairman Sashank Manohar steps down next month, Khan stated so far no candidate including Ganguly or England’s Colin Greaves had declared their intentions clear.
“We are getting mixed signals and we don’t know if Ganguly will decide to stand for the ICC post,” he told. PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani’s name has also been considered as a powerful candidate to replace Manohar but he recently in a media interaction made it clear that he was assigned to Pakistan cricket for the next three years.
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