Pakistan Cricket Board chairman and Federal Inside Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Friday mentioned that Indian followers who wish to go to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy may have a brisk visa issuance coverage.
“We will likely be preserving a particular quota of tickets for Indian followers and we’ll attempt to make the visa issuance coverage brisk,” Naqvi was quoted as saying by a newspaper.
He additionally mentioned that the PCB want to see Indian followers go to Pakistan and watch the Indian and Pakistan match in Lahore.
A couple of weeks in the past, Naqvi had mentioned that he was assured that India will take part within the Champions Trophy even whether it is performed in Pakistan.
“The Indian crew ought to come. I don’t see them cancel or postpone coming right here and we’re assured we’ll host all of the groups within the Champions Trophy in Pakistan,” Naqvi mentioned.
The 2025 Champions Trophy is scheduled to begin on February 19 with the ultimate set to happen on March 9. Lahore, Karachi, and Rawalpindi have been earmarked because the venues.
The ICC has nonetheless not launched the event schedule as they wait on affirmation if the Indian authorities would permit its crew to journey to Pakistan for the occasion.
The BCCI has made it clear it has to comply with any coverage resolution of their authorities relating to visiting Pakistan.
No Indian crew has travelled to Pakistan since 2008 Mumbai terror assault. There was no Check collection between the 2 nations since 2007.
In the meantime, prime officers of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), together with chairman Richard Thompson, have steered that staging the Champions Trophy with out powerhouse India is just not an possibility and there are “contingencies accessible” if Rohit Sharma’s crew doesn’t journey to host nation Pakistan.