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Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha connected Monday said the players volition travel immoderate instructions are fixed to them by the authorities oregon the cricket Board with regards to boycotting the marquee T20 World Cup lucifer against India connected February 15 successful Colombo.
Salman told the media earlier leaving with the squad from Lahore to Colombo that the players had been informed astir the determination by the squad manager connected Sunday instantly aft the lucifer against Australia.
“We are players contracted to the Board and immoderate determination our authorities and Board person taken each the players are connected committee with it,” helium said.
Salman said that the T20 World Cup was not conscionable astir playing against India and the squad was going to Sri Lanka with the purpose to execute good and effort to triumph each its matches against each broadside successful the tournament.
“We person 3 different radical matches truthful we volition effort to triumph each of them and suffice for adjacent round,” helium said.
Former captains specified arsenic Shahid Afridi, Muhammad Yousuf and Rashid Latif, and ex-players similar Moin Khan, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Mohsin Khan person travel retired successful enactment of the determination to boycott the lucifer against India.
“What the ICC did to Bangladesh oregon the mode they person bowed earlier the Indian cricket committee successful caller years, it was clip idiosyncratic took a stand,” Latif said.
Afridi said portion helium was disappointed astatine Pakistan not playing India arsenic helium didn’t judge successful mixing authorities with sports, but helium understood the reasons for the decision.
“The ICC present has to determine which way it wants to instrumentality successful the larger interests of satellite cricket,” Moin said.
Sarfaraz said helium could recognize the reasons for the Pakistan Cricket Board not getting support to play against India.
Amid the drama, the Pakistan squad near for Colombo to play its different games successful the showpiece starting February 7. The squad is expected to scope the Sri Lankan superior aboriginal this evening.
A apical root successful the PCB said the Board volition travel authorities instructions successful lawsuit different crippled against the arch-rivals gets lined up during the knockout signifier of the tournament.
Pakistan are scheduled to unfastened their run against the Netherlands connected February 7, followed by matches against USA connected February 10 and Namibia connected February 18 successful lawsuit the boycott determination for the crippled against India is not taken back.
Pakistan's stunning determination to not play the February 15 lucifer is being seen arsenic an enactment of enactment for Bangladesh, who were shown the doorway aft refusing to play successful India citing information concerns.
