Pakistan given World T20 nod
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PAKISTAN’S Interior Ministry has cleared the national team to travel to India for the World Twenty20 following concerns about player safety, the Pakistan Cricket Board said yesterday.
Pakistan had earlier said its men’s and women’s teams would travel to India only after New Delhi gave a public guarantee on the safety of its players.
“The interior minister has given permission to send the Pakistan cricket team to play the Twenty20 on the basis of solid assurances received from chief minister of West Bengal and the... union home secretary and the home minister (in India),” PCB executive committee chairman Najam Sethi told reporters.
“The team is completely ready and hopefully they will fly to Dubai tonight and then from there will leave straight for India,” Sethi added.
The March 19 clash between India and Pakistan has already been shifted to Kolkata in the state of West Bengal, following Pakistan’s security concerns over the original venue Dharamsala.
India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh said yesterday Pakistan should not worry about its players’ safety. “Why only Pakistan? Whoever comes here, India provides them security. There is no reason to be worried about security here,” Singh told reporters in New Delhi.
Former champion Pakistan, which lost to India in the final of the inaugural World Twenty20 in 2007, begins its campaign on March 16 against a qualifying team in Kolkata.
Meanwhile, the Netherlands was knocked out of the World Twenty20 after its game against Oman in Dharamsala was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled yesterday.
The Netherlands has only one point from two games, having lost to group favorite Bangladesh by eight runs. Its last match is against Ireland tomorrow.
Oman, which had pulled off a surprise two-wicket win over Ireland in its first match, has three points with a game against Bangladesh to go.
Group favorite Bangladesh and Ireland were due to play later at the same venue.
The group winner advances to the Super 10s stage and joins Group 2 consisting of India, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand.
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