'This Is Not The Way Things Are Done': Former PCB Chief Lashes Out CWC 2023 Committee Formation
Pakistan and India will clash on Ocotber 15 in CWC 2023 [Source: Twitter]
The schedule for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is out; however, the suspense over Pakistan's participation continues. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has put the onus on the Pakistan government about the national men's cricket team visiting India for the marquee event.
In response, the Pakistan government has formed a high-level committee to look into the security aspects of the tour, who will have the final say. Former PCB chief Khalid Mahmood, who headed the governing board between 1998 and 1999, has lashed out at the government for forming such a committee.
As per insidesport, Mahmood, who toured India during the 1999 series, stated that the government should not intervene directly, as that goes against the ICC policy, and that PCB should take the lead.
Here's what Mahmood said
"While I agree that there is no justification for India not to tour Pakistan now but this is not the way things are done at the international level. If you say that we are looking at security situation before deciding to send team to India, that makes sense, but to say openly that if India doesn’t come to Pakistan then we will also not send team to India for World Cup, is mixing both things, which we have never done."
"When I was chairman in 1999, despite threats from India, we assessed the security situation for our team ourselves, by sending a delegation to India and advised the government we were willing to go to India."
Mahmood further urged the current PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf to honour outgoing president Najam Sethi's decision on Asia Cup 2023.
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