Pakistan threatens to boycott the World Cup: Sports Minister said - India adamant on neutral venue for Asia Cup, we will do the same

 Suspicion remains on Pakistan's participation in the One Day Cricket World Cup starting from October 5 in India. Pakistan's Sports Minister Ehsan Mazari said- I want India to give up the demand of playing Asia Cup match at neutral venue, otherwise we too will not go to India to play in World Cup.

Pakistan's Sports Minister Ehsan Mazari is part of the 14-member security team. He will also come to India and check the security system.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the schedule for the World Cup on 27 June. The high voltage match between India and Pakistan will be played in Ahmedabad on 15 October. Apart from this, Pakistan has to play 8 matches of its league in four cities Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata.

Pakistan Match schedule for 2023 World Cup

October 6: Pakistan vs Qualifier 1 at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad

October 12: Pakistan vs Qualifier 2 at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad

October 15: Pakistan vs India at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad

October 20: Pakistan vs Australia at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru

October 23: Pakistan vs Afghanistan at Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai

October 27: Pakistan vs South Africa at Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai

October 31: Pakistan vs Bangladesh at Eden Gardens in Kolkata

November 4: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru

November 12: Pakistan vs England at Eden Gardens in Kolkata

Mazari is part of the 14-member security team

Mazari said in an interview to Indian Express – Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has constituted a 14-member committee under the chairmanship of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. There are a total of 11 ministers with me in it.

We will discuss the issue whether Pakistan should play cricket in India or not. We will send our recommendation to the Prime Minister. Based on that, the Prime Minister will take the final decision on sending the Pakistan cricket team to the World Cup.

PCB comes in my department. In my opinion, India should also give up the demand of playing Asia Cup matches at neutral venues, otherwise we will also demand Pakistan's World Cup matches to be played at neutral venues instead of India.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan has constituted a committee

Apart from Sports Minister Ehsan Mazari, the committee constituted by Pak PM includes several ministers and heads of security agencies of Pakistan. Representatives of other parties involved in the Government of Pakistan will also be present in the committee.

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has been made the chairman of this committee. According to reports, Bhutto may also be the country's next prime ministerial candidate.

So far no information has been received on when the committee will come to India to conduct the investigation. But only after the investigation of the committee, it will be decided whether the Pakistan team will come to India to play the World Cup or not.