Pakistan team get green signal to play World Cup in India

Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has given a green signal to their cricket team to travel to India for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in October-November this year.

Following a high-profile meeting earlier, including government officials, the Foreign Ministry issued a press release in this regard. India and Pakistan have not played bilateral series for a long time as in recent years, they only faced each other in multi-nation tournaments. The Pakistan cricket team last travelled to India in 2016 for the T20 World Cup.

Due to political tensions between the two nations, there was a bit of uncertainty over Pakistan’s participation in the WC but it has now ended.

The press release from the foreign ministry informed that Pakistan has consistently maintained that sports should not be mixed with politics. It has, therefore, decided to send its team to India to compete in the upcoming World Cup.

“Pakistan has consistently maintained that sports should not be mixed with politics. It has, therefore, decided to send its cricket team to India to participate in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023," Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in the press release.

The International Cricket Council (ICC), will soon release an updated schedule as apparently few other games involving other teams would also be rescheduled.

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