LAHORE: The Cricket World Cup 2023 is less than 15 days away and the Pakistan cricket team have not yet received their visas, sources reported on Friday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have already informed the International Cricket Council (ICC) over this issue as, according to the agreement, PCB was assured that they will receive visas in time.
The PCB has been in constant contact with the Indian consulate for a week now but the week is over and the squad, along with fans, have no new information on when they will receive their visas.
It must be noted that Pakistan will travel to India from Dubai on September 26 to begin their preparations for the mega event as just three days after landing, they will have to play New Zealand in a warm-up match on September 29 in Hyderabad.
Pakistan squad for ICC World Cup 2023
Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, M Wasim Jnr, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha.
Travelling reserves: Mohammad Haris, Abrar Ahmed, Zaman Khan
Schedule of Pakistan's warm-up matches:
September 29 — vs New Zealand in Hyderabad
October 3 — vs Australia in Hyderabad
Here is Pakistan's schedule for the ICC World Cup 2023:
October 6 — vs Netherlands in Hyderabad
October 10 — vs Sri Lanka in Hyderabad
October 14 — vs India in Ahmedabad
October 20 — vs Australia in Bengaluru
October 23 — vs Afghanistan in Chennai
October 27 — vs South Africa in Chennai
October 31 — vs Bangladesh in Kolkata
November 4 — vs New Zealand Bengaluru (Day match)
November 11 - vs England in Kolkata
The day matches which will start at 10:00am Pakistan Standard Time (PST) while all other matches will be day-night fixtures starting at 01:30pm (PST).
If Pakistan qualify for the semi-finals, they will play in Kolkata.
If India qualify for the semi-finals, they will play in Mumbai unless playing against Pakistan, in which case they will play in Kolkata.
Sohail Imran Sohail Imran is a senior reporter for Geo News.
