The Pakistani team flying to India for the 2023 World Cup beginning on October 5 has been issued visas by the Indian High Commission.
"Roughly 34 visas have been approved, and we only learned of it. One of our employees just left for Islamabad to pick up the passports. We ought to have received our visas sooner because the process took a long time. It was possible to avoid the last-minute scramble, a PCB insider informed 360Sports18.
After writing to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to convey its worry regarding the visa complications, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) made the decision.
Only after we filed a letter to the ICC expressing our worries about the potential breach of hosting rights were the visas approved. At roughly 7:30 PM (Pakistan time) this evening, we received the definitive confirmation. We can now state with certainty that the Pakistani team will visit India, according to the source.
Pakistan will now depart from Lahore early in the morning on September 27 and land in Hyderabad. Pakistan's World Cup preparations have been hampered by the visa issue because the Babar Azam-led team would miss the earlier scheduled training session in Dubai.
Prior to their exhibition match against New Zealand on September 29 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, the team was supposed to attend a two-day training camp in Dubai.
"There has been a lot of difficulty; we hope this doesn't damage the players and the preparations. Now that the visas have been approved, we are absolutely pleased. I'm hoping the World Cup goes well," the PCB source stated.
