ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will have to suffer $15 million loss if Pakistan Cricket Team doesn’t travel to India to participate in the ICC T20 World Cup 2016 for security reasons, the PCB Chairman Shehryar Khan told the Interior Ministry.
The Pakistan team needs to travel to India for the tournament but the Pakistani government has not yet allowed it to happen, asking the Indian government to give written security assurance first.
Sources said that the PCB Chairman in a letter to the Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told that if that Pakistan team doesn’t go to India, the board will have to bear the loss of $15 million.
Pakistan receives security assurance from India
Meanwhile, the West Bengal State Government has assured the Pakistani government in a written letter that Pakistan team would be provided full security when the team would arrive there to play two matches at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on March 16 and March 19 against India.
@najamsethi Good news. Bengal CM and Union Home Minister and ICC and BCCI have all given public assurances of security to Pak team.
— Najam Sethi (@najamsethi) March 11, 2016
ICC has assured PCB to provide full proof security to Pak in India during #WT20, Ind state &ICC assurance has been forwarded to Interior Min
— Sawera Pasha (@sawerapasha) March 11, 2016
The decision of sending Pakistan team to India would be made soon and it is likely that Shahid Afridi’s men would leave for Kolkata tonight for the ICC T20 World Cup 2016.
Earlier, the Pakistani government put a condition for allowing the team to go to India, asking India to first assure full security for Pakistan team in a written form.
