The Pakistan men’s cricket squad left for India early on Wednesday to participate in the ICC World Cup 2023, scheduled to take place in India from October 5 to November 19.
Pakistan squad departs for India: The Green Shirts flew out of Lahore Airport with a stopover in Dubai before arriving at their final destination of Hyderabad, India, tonight. On September 29, they will play New Zealand in their first pre-ICC World Cup 2023 match.
After an extended wait, the Pakistan cricket team’s players and administrators were granted Indian visas for the ICC World Cup 2023. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) expressed its displeasure about the delay in the issue of Indian visas in a letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC) in response to this delay.
Details indicate that the PCB wrote a scathing letter to the cricket governing body, expressing its concerns about the ongoing visa crisis and reminding it of the Host-Member agreement.
Further, “This topic has been on the table for three years. Nobody gave our worries any consideration. And at this point, we have still not received our visas, according to the letter.
However, “Due to the ignorance of the relevant authorities, we are in a situation of uncertainty. Due to this visa difficulty, we had to postpone the trip even though we needed to stay in Dubai for two days.
“The relevant official consistently promised to provide the visas within 24 hours whenever we called,” said the spokesperson.
“And now, as each day goes by, the uncertainty grows and worries everyone.”
Pakistan’s 2023 World Cup team
Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, M Wasim Jnr, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha.
Travelling reserves: Mohammad Haris, Abrar Ahmed, Zaman Khan