Cricket board’s govt committee chairman Najam Sethi on Monday rubbished a report revealed by Daily Mail’s India edition claiming that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has vulnerable Pakistan with “legal action” if the country failed to participate within the World T20 citing “security concerns”.
“The independent agency has asked U.S. concerning the standing of our participation within the World T20. we've told them that the {pakistan|Pakistan|Islamic Republic of Pakistan|West Pakistan|Asian country|Asian nation} Cricket Board (PCB) has written to the govt. of Pakistan seeking approval to visit India and is awaiting their response during this regard,” aforementioned Sethi whereas reprehension DawnNews.
“There is nothing additional thereto. Neither have the independent agency asked U.S. additional on the topic, nor have we have a tendency to contacted them for love or money,” he added.
The report revealed by Daily Mail on Feb fifteen, 2016, stated: “The PCB’s considerations concerning security arrangements at the planet T20, to be hosted in India this March, area unit groundless. [The ICC] is glad with the safety arrangements created by the Board of management for Cricket in India (BCCI).”
The report conjointly quoted a ‘senior independent agency official’ as spoken communication that “if numerous Pakistani athletes will visit India and participate within the South Asian Games meet, there's no reason why twenty folks can’t be allowed to represent the country at the mega independent agency event”.
Earlier on Feb nine, PCB big deal Shaharyar Khan aforementioned a proposal was given to the independent agency to play their World T20 matches on neutral venues just in case the Pakistan government doesn't enable the team to tour India.
India is to host the independent agency World Twenty20 from March eight to April three however Pakistan’s participation is subject to government clearance as there area unit specific threats, Khan told the independent agency.
Khan aforementioned there are incidents recently that steered that there area unit so Pakistan-specific threats. “They aren't general threats, like Australia had in East Pakistan and that they failed to send their team for the Under-19 tournament,” he said.
Australia withdrew from the January-February Junior tournament over security fears.
Commenting on Pakistan contingent’s participation within the South Asian Games, the PCB chief aforementioned, “A 500-plus Pakistan contingent that includes within the South Asian Federation (SA) Games in Guwhati is completely different from a cricketing event. There area unit additional probabilities of attacks on cricketers than on swimmers and players of different games.”
