T20 World Cup: India vs Pakistan likely to go ahead after ICC, PCB talks

NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are closing successful connected a determination regarding the February 15 T20 World Cup fixture betwixt arch-rivals India and Pakistan, TimesofIndia.com tin confirm. In each likelihood, the marquee clash is each acceptable to get a greenish signal. It is besides learnt that Imran Khawaja and Mubashir Usmani, 2 ICC representatives, reached Lahore connected Sunday morning.TimesofIndia.com had reported connected Saturday that dialog was yet underway betwixt the PCB and the ICC aft the Pakistan authorities decided to boycott the T20 World Cup fixture against India successful Colombo connected February 15.

The PCB had invoked Force Majeure, citing authorities instructions not to instrumentality the tract against their arch-rivals successful the radical signifier of the multi-nation tournament. In the statement, the authorities did not springiness immoderate further mentation oregon justification for doing so. In response, cricket’s planetary assemblage has asked the PCB to warrant however it tried to get retired of the logjam arsenic per the Terms of Participation.Pakistan chose to boycott the India fixture successful solidarity with Bangladesh, who were replaced by Scotland aft refusing to question to India for World Cup matches, citing information concerns.

While the Pakistan authorities cleared the nationalist squad to enactment successful the T20 World Cup, it barred them from playing India, a fixture that represents the biggest commercialized gully for the ICC and its broadcast partners.The determination prompted Sri Lanka Cricket to constitute to the PCB, informing that the lack of the February 15 marquee clash betwixt the arch-rivals would effect successful important fiscal losses for SLC and harm some the organisation and the tournament’s representation successful the land nation, which is co-hosting the lawsuit with India.Pakistan are scheduled to play each their matches successful Colombo and Pallekele, opening with their crippled against the Netherlands connected Saturday.Both India and Pakistan opened their tourney with a triumph implicit the USA and the Netherlands, respectively.