Uncertainty ends
\nICC confirms issuance of visas for national squad to travel to India to participate in mega event
\nNEW DELHI
\nThe uncertainty surrounding Pakistan\u2019s participation in the most awaited ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2023 ended as India finally issued visas to the Pakistan team, the governing International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday.
\nICC\u2019s confirmation came after the complaints of a delay in the process of visa issuance.
\nThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had written to the governing body complaining about a visa delay which, it said, had disrupted the team\u2019s preparation for the showpiece event across the border.
\n\u201cVisas have been issued to the Pakistan team,\u201d an ICC spokesperson told Reuters without elaborating further.
\nPCB spokesperson Umar Farooq confirmed to Reuters they have been asked to collect their passports from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.
\nIndia and Pakistan have suspended bilateral cricket, thanks to soured political relations between the neighbours, and play each other only in multi-team events like the World Cup and Asia Cup.
\nEarlier in a strongly-worded statement, Farooq decried the \u201cinequitable treatment\u201d metered out to a Pakistan team, who are scheduled to arrive in India on Wednesday.
\n\u201cThere has been an extraordinary delay in getting clearance and securing Indian visas for the Pakistan team for the ICC World Cup,\u201d Farooq said in the statement.
\n\u201cWe have written to ICC raising our concerns about inequitable treatment towards Pakistan and reminding them of these obligations towards the World Cup.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a matter of disappointment that the Pakistan team has to go through the uncertainty ahead of the major tournament.\u201d
\nPakistan will play two warm-up matches before beginning their World Cup campaign against the Netherlands on Oct. 6.
\nArch-rivals India and Pakistan are set to clash in a mouth-watering Oct. 14 contest in Ahmedabad.
\nIndia declined to tour Pakistan for the Asia Cup, which was played between August 30 and September 17, and played their matches in Sri Lanka instead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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