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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to again consult its government to decide connected the Sri Lankan counterpart's petition to reconsider the boycott of the lucifer against India successful the T20 World Cup connected February 15 successful Colombo.
The Pakistan authorities has allowed the PCB to nonstop the nationalist squad to the T20 World Cup but stopped it from playing against India, which is commercially the biggest lucifer for the ICC and its broadcasters.
This has led to Sri Lanka Cricket sending an email to PCB, saying not having the February 15 marquee lucifer betwixt the arch-rivals volition origin fiscal losses to the SLC and besides wounded the organisation and representation of the tourney successful the land state which is jointly hosting the showpiece with India.
Pakistan is playing each its games successful Colombo and Pallekele, starting with their lucifer against Netherlands connected Saturday.
“Obviously Pakistan has ever enjoyed precise adjacent and affable ties with Sri Lanka astatine the authorities to authorities and cricket level. So the message from their Board can’t beryllium ignored conscionable similar that,” a root alert of the developments said connected Saturday.
“Mohsin Naqvi has been contacted straight by the Sri Lankan Board president Shammi Silva and been reminded that astatine this clip Sri Lanka request Pakistan to measurement up for them arsenic without Pakistan and India matches, the Sri Lankan Board would basal to suffer other revenues from gross money, hospitality income etc,” the root added.
The root said that Naqvi had assured his counterpart (Shammi Silva) helium would consult the authorities and get backmost to him.
He said media reports that Pakistan had besides rejected Sri Lanka’s petition were not correct.
“PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has not adjacent been successful the state since yesterday and is owed backmost today. He volition bring the email to the announcement of the Prime Minister connected ending the boycott of the India lucifer and past a determination would beryllium made connected the substance by Monday,” the root said.
He noted that arsenic precocious arsenic past November, the Sri Lankan authorities had firmly stood with Pakistan erstwhile immoderate of its players wanted to instrumentality location from a circuit of Pakistan due to the fact that of information concerns.
“Not lone the Sri Lankan Board but the authorities directed the players to implicit the achromatic shot tour.”
