Srinagar: Pakistan Cricket Board has informed ICC about the delay in the India Visa issuance that has forced them to change their travel plans, a report has said.
The members of the Pakistan World Cup squad were scheduled to travel to Dubai next week for a short stay before leaving for Hyderabad, where they play their first warm-up game against New Zealand on September 29.
With the visa delay, the team, ESPNCricinfo reported that now team has to travel from Lahore to Dubai on Wednesday and straightway reach Hyderabad thereafter.
On Saturday evening, New Indian Express reported that the PCB had raised the issue with ICC and are hoping for a positive response from the governing body.
“The passports were submitted as soon as the team returned home from the Asia Cup held in Sri Lanka. We have yet not received the visas. The ICC has been apprised of the issue as this has made the PCB to change its plan of having a two-day team bonding camp in Dubai,” a PCB official in the know of developments told The New Indian Express.
The last time Pakistan had travelled to India was for the 2016 T20 World Cup.