CWC '23: After much delay, Pakistan visa issues sorted, team cleared to travel to India
CWC '23: After much delay, Pakistan visa issues get sorted, cleared to travel to India
After much delay, Pakistan cricket team's visa issues have finally been sorted and they are nowcleared to travel toIndia.
Earlier on Monday (September 25), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wrote to the International Cricket Council (ICC) raising 'serious concerns'over the delay inBabar Azam & Co.'stravel to India for the upcoming ODI World Cup due to visa issues.
Later in the evening, the ICC confirmedthatthe Indian government approved the Pakistani team's visas for the mega event in the subcontinent.
It is to be noted that the visa clearance has come less than 48 hours before Pakistan's scheduled travel to India, via Dubai, in the early hours of September 27 (Wednesday).
"Visas have been issued to Pakistan," an ICC spokesperson told news agency PTI.
There is yet no end to the drama as confusion remained in the Pakistan camp over the grant of visa.
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"We have not got the call from Indian High Commission yet over visa clearance. Member of our team is stationed there," PCB spokesperon Umar Farooq informed the sameagency.
As per a report in Cricbuzz, it is believed thata 10-day process was always in place, with as many asthree ministries in India --including External Affairs and Home --involved in the matter of giving clearance to Pakistani visas.
The same procedure is in linefor all applications from Pakistan and, hence, there was no specific delay (as reported by PCB).
Moreover, the complaint stating thatPakistan squad could not travel to Dubai holds no significancebecause there was always the need for biometric tests.
The Men in Green will play two warm-up games -- versus New Zealand on September 29 and against Australia on October 03 (both in Hyderabad) -- beforetheir openingtwoCWC 2023 games in Hyderabad,against the Netherlandsand Sri Lanka, respectively.
Pakistan will lock horns with arch-rivals India on October 14 in Ahmedabad.
Pakistan squad for World Cup: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Hasan Ali
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