Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi has confirmed Pakistan women’s team won’t travel to India for the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup, set to be held later this year.
Naqvi confirmed that Pakistan will play its matches at a neutral venue following the acceptance of the hybrid model agreement earlier this year. The PCB chairman confirmed that, as India is the host, they will decide on the neutral venue, and the Pakistan women’s team will travel to that location to play their matches.
“Everything will happen according to the agreement. India will decide where the match will happen because they are the hosts. Wherever they decide, our team will go and play there. But the Pakistan team won’t travel to India. Since there is an agreement, it has to be adhered to,” Naqvi told reporters at LCCA Ground after the Pakistan vs Bangladesh ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier match.
Due to strained political relations between the two nations, India has not toured Pakistan since 2008, when they participated in the Asia Cup. The two arch-rivals last played a bilateral series in 2012-13 in India, which consisted of white-ball matches. After that, India and Pakistan have primarily faced each other in ICC tournaments and the Asia Cups.
