ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz has constituted a high-level committee to take a final decision about Pakistan’s participation in the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023 to be hosted by India in October this year.
Reports said Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would lead the committee that comprises Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar, officials of security agencies and others.
The high-level committee would present its recommendations to the prime minister about participation of the Pakistan team in the ODI World Cup. The premier will take the final decision after reviewing the recommendations.
It is recalled that India has refused to visit Pakistan to take part in the Asia Cup, forcing the Asia Cricket Council to announce a hybrid model to hold the tournament.
Earlier this year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the fixtures list for the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 with Pakistan opening their campaign on October 6 and 12 against qualifiers.
The mega ODI event will begin in India from Oct 5 and ten team will take part in the race for the title across the 10 venues. The world cup will span across 46 days later this year.
The much-anticipated India-Pakistan clash is scheduled for Sunday October 15 in Ahmedabad. Their last encounter in the 2019 World Cup was a high-scoring affair with India achieving a huge victory in Manchester.
Pakistan will face Australia in Bengaluru on October 20, and Afghanistan on Oct 23. The Team Green will take on South Africa on Oct 27 and Bangladesh on Oct 31. They will play against New Zealand on Nov 4 and England on Nov 12.
The final group stage match will be England up against Pakistan in Kolkata on November 12.
If the West Indies qualify, they will be qualifier 1, irrespective of where they finish in the Qualifiers round while Sri Lanka qualify will be Q2 if they qualify.
If Pakistan qualify for the semi-finals, the match will be played in Kolkata and if India qualify for this stage they will play in Mumbai unless they are playing against Pakistan.
ICC ODI World Cup 2023 schedule announced; check all details here
