PCB Rubbishes Reports Of Boycotting T20 World Cup To Be Held In India In 2021

After reports emerged of Pakistan threatening to pull out of next year's T20 World Cup in India, Pakistan Cricket Board chief executive officer Wasim Khan, has clarified that he never said Pakistan would not be sending its team to India .

Talking to Sportstar, he said, ¡°This has been completely taken out of context. Even though we would still want to host the Asia Cup in Pakistan, the Asian Cricket Council needs to decide on what it will do about the matches involving India".

It comes after reports doing the rounds said that PCB would skip the World Cup T20, which will be held in India next year, if the Indian team didn¡¯t travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup.

¡°It¡¯s absolutely incorrect. What I would like to say is that we are concerned about security issues and also there could be issued in attaining visas. But we are confident that things will ease out over the period of time,¡± Khan further added. He made it clear that there¡¯s no question of pulling out from the T20 World Cup - which is an ICC event.

With Asia Cup due to take place in Pakistan in September, there are doubts over India's participation. Indian government might not give the required security clearance to the Indian team which might mean games will have to be shifted to a neutral venue.

¡°The question is what if India doesn¡¯t tour Pakistan? My response is the ACC then needs to make a decision but since we have been awarded hosting rights, we fully expect the Asia Cup to happen in Pakistan. The ACC will then need to make a decision as to where they will play the India games,¡± Khan told PTI in an interaction.

Khan has also emphatically denied reports published in Pakistani media that PCB will not send team for the World T20 in India in 2021.