KARACHI: The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) chairman and CEO are in Lahore to hunt ensures from the PCB that it’s going to not push for implementing a hybrid mannequin for its matches within the ODI World Cup in India later this yr.
Insiders confirmed 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 workforce’s participation within the World Cup in October-November.
The event comes after PCB chief Najam Sethi made it clear that the workforce won’t journey for the World Cup in India if the Rohit Sharma-led facet doesn’t go to Pakistan for the previous Asia Cup.
“The ICC and World Cup hosts, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) are involved with the hybrid mannequin being pushed by Najam Sethi who heads the cricket administration committee of the PCB.
“Though the hybrid mannequin has been urged by Sethi for the Asia Cup which precedes the ICC occasion, the priority stays that when accepted for the regional occasion the PCB may additionally then ask the ICC to implement it for the World Cup in the case of Pakistan enjoying in India,” he defined.
Sethi has already indicated that if the Pakistan authorities doesn’t give clearance or has safety issues about sending the workforce to India, PCB may ask the ICC to carry Pakistan’s matches at a impartial venue.
“Naturally neither the ICC nor the BCCI need such a state of affairs since Pakistan’s unequivocal participation in matches in India would assure the success of Indo-Pakistan matches and likewise the event itself.”
One other supply mentioned this was the first motive why BCCI secretary Jay Shah was nonetheless reluctant to simply accept the hybrid mannequin for the Asia Cup and assist having three or 4 matches of the event in Pakistan and the remaining video games in UAE or Sri Lanka. Pakistan is the host of the Asia Cup and Sethi has mentioned repeatedly that if the event is moved to a impartial nation from Pakistan, it won’t participate within the competitors. He has additionally hinted that if Pakistan doesn’t get to host some Asia Cup matches it may have an opposed bearing on the World Cup as properly.
“The ICC officers try to work as a bridge between the PCB and BCCI and resolve the excellent points pertaining to the Asia Cup and World Cup.”
