Pakistan Cricket Board’s administration committee chairman Najam Sethi, left, briefs to the International Cricket Council’s chairman Greg Barclay, centre, and chief government Geoff Allardice throughout their go to to PCB head workplace, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The ICC’s top officers arrived in Pakistan to talk about the nation’s participation on this 12 months’s 50-over World Cup in India.
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman and CEO are in Lahore to search ensures from the PCB that it will not push for implementing a hybrid mannequin for its matches within the ODI World Cup in India later this 12 months.
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Insiders confirmed to PTI that ICC chairman Greg Barclay and CEO Geoff Allardice have particularly come to Lahore to get some assurances from the Pakistan Cricket Board on the nationwide team’s participation within the World Cup in October-November.
The growth comes after PCB chief Najam Sethi made it clear that the team will not journey for the World Cup in India if the Rohit Sharma-led facet does not go to Pakistan for the previous Asia Cup.
“The ICC and World Cup hosts, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are concerned with the hybrid model being pushed by Najam Sethi who heads the cricket management committee of the PCB.
“Although the hybrid model has been suggested by Sethi for the Asia Cup which precedes the ICC event, the concern remains that once accepted for the regional event the PCB might also then ask the ICC to implement it for the World Cup when it comes to Pakistan playing in India,” he defined.
Sethi has already indicated that if the Pakistan authorities doesn’t give clearance or has safety considerations about sending the team to India, PCB might ask the ICC to maintain Pakistan’s matches at a impartial venue.
“Naturally neither the ICC nor the BCCI want such a situation since Pakistan’s unequivocal participation in matches in India would guarantee the success of Indo-Pakistan matches and also the tournament itself.”
Another supply stated this was the first purpose why BCCI secretary Jay Shah was nonetheless reluctant to settle for the hybrid mannequin for the Asia Cup and assist having three or 4 matches of the match in Pakistan and the remaining video games in UAE or Sri Lanka.
Pakistan are the hosts of the Asia Cup and Sethi has stated repeatedly that if the match is moved to one impartial nation from Pakistan, it will not participate within the competitors.
He has additionally hinted that if Pakistan didn’t get to host some Asia Cup matches it might have an opposed bearing on the World Cup as properly.
“The ICC officials are trying to work as a bridge between the PCB and BCCI and resolve the outstanding issues pertaining to the Asia Cup and World Cup.”
