Men in Green, the Pakistan cricket squad headed to India for the ICC World Cup, are most likely to acquire their visas today, given the ongoing delay.
The Cricket World Cup is set to begin on October 5, 2023, in India, and of the nine teams, only the Pakistani team is still awaiting visas.
After the delay, the Indian embassy in Pakistan is most likely to get the all-clear from its home ministry today, Monday, at which point it will issue the visas right away.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sought the International Cricket Council, which instructed the Indian board to expedite the visa-granting procedure, which led to the development.
squad Pakistan will travel to Hyderabad in the early morning hours of Wednesday, according to a statement from the PCB. The squad will play its first warm-up match against the Kiwis on September 29 and its second and final match against Australia on October 3.
Between Asian powerhouses and cricket-loving nations that have not played bilateral series in any format for ten years, tensions remain unabated. The last time the Green Shirts visited their eastern neighbours was in 2016.
