Pakistan staff will get Indian visas at eleventh hour earlier than leaving for World Cup
With lower than 48 hours to go for his or her departure to Hyderabad for the World Cup, the Pakistan cricket staff obtained their Indian visas late on Monday night. The growth comes hours after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wrote a strongly-worded letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC) in regards to the delay in getting Indian visas for the World Cup, set to start on October 5 in Ahmedabad.
The Babar Azam-led Pakistan staff will now depart from Lahore to Dubai on early morning Wednesday earlier than taking a flight to Hyderabad within the afternoon, the place they’re scheduled to play the primary of their two observe matches on Friday towards New Zealand.
As per their authentic schedule, Pakistan have been to have a two-day camp in Dubai on Monday and Tuesday earlier than flying to Hyderabad. However, the delay in procuring Indian visas pressured the PCB to cancel their boot camp and reschedule their flights to Wednesday. And having waited until Monday night, the PCB wrote to the ICC in regards to the delay. And it’s understood that round 8PM IST, the Indian High Commission granted the visas for the Pakistan staff.
Pointing out to the delay in getting visas, the PCB stated: “There has been an extraordinary delay in getting clearance and securing Indian visas for the Pakistan team for the ICC World Cup. We have written to the ICC raising our concerns about inequitable treatment towards Pakistan and reminding them of their obligations towards the World Cup.”
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It additional said: “It’s a matter of disappointment that the Pakistan team has to go through the uncertainty ahead of the major tournament. We have been reminding them about their obligations for the last three years and it has all come down to the last two days with our first warm-up game scheduled on September 29. We were forced to cancel our original plan to organise team-building exercises in Dubai on the way to India. We have had to rework our plan and book new flights, but these plans are subject to issuance of visas.”
PCB spokesperson Umar Farooq additionally shared the main points of the method they adopted to avail the visas. “We have sent the 1st batch passport details for the Indian visa application on 18th August to ICC. The ICC sent the visa invitation letter on 28th August. After the return of the team from the Asia Cup on September 15, we submitted the visa applications, along with passports, at Indian High Commission, Islamabad on September 19”.
This is the most recent twist in Pakistan’s journey for the World Cup. Earlier, the PCB had threatened to drag out of cricket’s mega occasion in India after the BCCI refused to journey to Pakistan for the Asia Cup. It was solely after their Foreign Ministry gave the go-ahead that the Pakistan staff boarded the flight to Sri Lanka the place India performed their Asia Cup video games.
