ICC Ensures All Teams To Get Visas For The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021

Oct 20, 2020 at 6:33 PM

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ICC Ensures All Teams To Get Visas For The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021

ICC has made it clear that all participating teams will be given visas according to an agreement with BCCI dispersing PCB CEO Wasim Khan’s unfounded fear according to media reports. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) CEO Wasim Khan’s effort to provoke controversy by calling for visa assurance from International Cricket Council (ICC) for the 2021 T20 World Cup in India hasn’t found many takers.

ICC dispelled the PCB CEO’s unwanted fear, according to media reports that their players might face visa issues while travelling to India for the 2021 T20 World Cup.

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ICC Plans Men’s T20 World Cup In 2021 And India To Ensure Visas

Speaking to ANI, an ICC spokesperson said that planning for the tournament was being made keeping in mind that all teams will be provided with visas.

“The Host Agreement for all ICC events, including the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, provides that the host member will ensure visas are provided for all competing teams. The planning for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 in India is underway on that basis,” the spokesperson said.

PCB CEO Wasim Khan
PCB CEO Wasim Khan. Image Credit: Getty Images.

A BCCI official said that Wasim Khan seems to be ignorant that the issue was resolved.

“I think that statement of the PCB CEO stemmed from ignorance. This issue was laid to rest last year itself when the GOI (Government of India) had written to the Presidents of the IOA and the IOC on the issue. So unless he is privy to some future course of action to be taken by Pakistan that would deteriorate the circumstances drastically, it is a non-issue,” the official told ANI.

The T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in October 2021, and PCB does not want any hiccups leading up to the showpiece event.

International Olympic Committee Reconsiders Decision As Visa Issue Resolves

The above-mentioned letter was issued on June 2019, by the then Sports Secretary Radhe Shyam Julaniya after a couple of Pakistan shooters were denied a visa to compete in the ISSF World Shooting Championship in Delhi. The visa issue had led to the International Olympic Committee reconsidering the decision to hand India international sports events.

ISSF Shooting
ISSF Shooting. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

The letter from him, in possession of ANI, clearly stated that the country of origin of athletes wouldn’t be a hindrance for them to get visas and participate in international sporting events in the country.

“It’s the policy of the government that India will hold international sporting events and will permit all qualified athletes belonging to any National Olympic Committee (NOC) recognised by IOC or any national federation affiliated to the international federation concerned to participate.”

” Such participation of athletes shall be without prejudice to our principled positions and policies on other political matters including issues such as international recognition or otherwise of the country of origin of the athletes,” Julaniya had written to Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) President Narinder Batra and marked a copy to IOC chief Thomas Bach.

PCB has also sought for December 2020 to January 2021 deadline from ICC about the visa issue. The arch-rivals last played a bilateral cricket series between them in 2012-13 when Pakistan toured India for a limited-overs series. Ever since then the two teams have met only in a major ICC tournament.

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ICC Ensures All Teams To Get Visas For The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021
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Oct 20, 2020, 6:33 PM


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