Pakistan Team in World Cup 2023: ICC ODI World Cup 2023 will start in India on October 5, while the final of this prestigious tournament will be played on November 19. World Cup practice matches will be held from September 29. Many teams including Team India, Australia, England, and New Zealand are favorites in the tournament. At the same time, India has a chance to win the ODI World Cup at home once again after 2011.
The Pakistan team has not yet received the visa for the Cricket One Day World Cup 2023 (ICC ODI World Cup 2023) to be held in India. Due to this, he had to change his plans for World Cup preparations.
However, the visas of all the teams coming to India have been approved. The Pakistan cricket team, which will be led by Babar Azam, has not yet received visa approval from the Indian government. Because of this, the plan of the Pakistan cricket team to go to Dubai and camp with the players has been canceled. This is a big blow for Pakistan before the World Cup.
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According to ESPN, the plan of Pakistan team management was that all their players would go to Dubai for pre-World Cup camp. From there they will all board a flight to Hyderabad, India. For this, Babar and company were going to go to UAE and then spend a few days there, and then come to India. But now this plan has been ruined. Actually, till now the visa for the Pakistan team to come to India has not been given the green signal. Pakistan Cricket Board applied for the visa a week ago but it has not been approved yet.
Now this will be the plan of the Pakistan Cricket team
Due to a lack of visa approval, the Pakistani cricket team will stay in Lahore and fly to Dubai on September 27. From where it will then come to Hyderabad (India) for the practice match against New Zealand on 29th September. Pakistani management believes that the team will get the visa within the time limit.
Only Pakistan did not get the visa
A total of 10 teams are participating in the World Cup to be held in India. Among the 9 foreign teams, only Pakistan has not got the visa yet. Now the delay in the visa of the Pakistan team may also affect their preparation. In the last 10 years, the Pakistan team had visited India only in the year 2016 to play the T20 World Cup.
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The last time the Pakistan team came to India to play a bilateral series with Team India was in the year 2012-13. Since then, no bilateral series has been played between the two countries. In the World Cup 2023, Pakistan has a practice match against New Zealand on 29 September, while after this it also has a practice match against Australia on 3 October.
The Pakistan team has been announced
Pakistan’s cricket team for the Cricket World Cup was announced on 22 September. Babar Azam has got the captaincy of the team. The vice-captain will be Shadab Khan. Naseem Shah has not been able to make a place in the team due to injury. Fast bowler Hasan Ali has returned to the team.
Pakistan’s cricket team for Cricket World Cup 2023: Babar Azam (Captain), Shadab Khan (Vice-Captain), Abdullah Shafiq, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam ul Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Aga, Shaheen. Afridi, Usama Mir, Saud Shakeel, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr.
Traveling Reserve: Mohammad Haris, Abrar Ahmed, Zaman Khan
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