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Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar foresees Pakistan making a "U-turn" but careless of that, helium called connected the ICC to instrumentality ineligible enactment against the state for boycotting its T20 World Cup lucifer against India connected February 15.
Pakistan's authorities decided against granting support to its cricket team to play the high-profile crippled successful Colombo and though nary authoritative crushed has been given, it is being wide construed arsenic a motion of solidarity with Bangladesh.
Bangladesh were ousted from the World Cup aft refusing to play their matches successful India, citing information concerns.
"I deliberation successful the adjacent 4 oregon 5 days, erstwhile reactions commencement pouring successful from crossed the satellite and adjacent from their erstwhile players, determination is simply a anticipation that Pakistan volition alteration their stance," Gavaskar quipped.
The tourney gets underway connected February 7 and Pakistan are owed to play each their games successful Sri Lanka arsenic portion of an statement with the BCCI and ICC.
"What's caller successful this? We each cognize Pakistan cricketers discontinue and then, 4 days later, instrumentality backmost their retirement, saying 'our fans told america to play more'. This mightiness hap again," Gavaskar said.
"Pakistan players person acceptable examples. They support coming backmost from retirement. So thing similar that mightiness hap earlier the 15th," helium joked.
Both Gavaskar and Harbhajan said ICC would beryllium justified successful acting against Pakistan. Among the disposable options, the satellite assemblage could dock Pakistan's World Test Championship points, marque them stagnant successful ICC rankings, and punctual apical subordinate nations to garbage to question there.
"If Pakistan does not person a valid crushed to warrant withdrawing from the large lucifer against India, oregon if they cannot amusement grounds for breaching the contract, past enactment volition beryllium taken by the ICC Board," helium said.
"I don't cognize what enactment they volition take, but I deliberation determination are truthful galore different boards involved, truthful it's not conscionable going to beryllium 1 person's decision. However, it should beryllium thing that ensures nary different squad successful the aboriginal besides considers doing that.
"The ICC volition astir apt instrumentality ineligible enactment against Pakistan implicit the refusal to play against India, but what the effect of specified an enactment would be, I can't say," helium added.
Former India off-spinner Harbhajan, speaking connected his YouTube channel, said the ICC should not spare Pakistan for the last-minute decision.
"They didn't person a occupation earlier. They've present stepped into what was Bangladesh's issue. This determination tin impact the ICC, truthful the ICC has each close to instrumentality ineligible action. It tin interaction the full tournament," helium said.
