{"id":4394,"date":"2025-04-19T18:07:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T18:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4394"},"modified":"2025-04-19T18:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T18:07:41","slug":"pcb-chairman-refuses-to-send-womens-team-for-world-cup-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4394","title":{"rendered":"PCB Chairman refuses to send women\u2019s team for World Cup in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said on Friday that the national women\u2019s cricket team will not travel to India for the upcoming ICC Women\u2019s World Cup, in line with an existing agreement between the boards.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after meeting with the women\u2019s team at Gaddafi Stadium, Naqvi said, \u201cThe Pakistan women\u2019s team will not go to India as per the agreement. India is the host, they will decide where to hold the matches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated Pakistan\u2019s stance, saying the team is willing to compete at any neutral venue except India.<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes amid ongoing tensions over bilateral cricket ties. India had refused to travel to Pakistan for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, scheduled from February 19 to March 9, and played its matches at a neutral venue, a model previously used during the 2023 Asia Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Following months of negotiations, both boards agreed on a hybrid model to resolve the deadlock. According to ESPNcricinfo, the model allows India to play at neutral venues for ICC tournaments hosted by Pakistan, and vice versa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agreement applied to the 2025 men\u2019s Champions Trophy in Pakistan, the 2025 women\u2019s ODI World Cup in India, and the 2026 men\u2019s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Under the arrangement, neutral venues are proposed by the host board and must be approved by the ICC.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Pakistan Cricket (@therealpcb)<\/p>\n<p>India went on to win the tournament, having played all its games in Dubai, while Pakistan hosted the rest of the fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on team performance, Naqvi praised the women\u2019s squad for playing as a unit and said they would be rewarded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a team plays together, results like this follow. These players deserve rewards \u2014 it\u2019s their right,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that recent improvements followed minor changes within the squad and said similar progress is expected in the Under-19 and Shaheens (Pakistan A) teams.<\/p>\n<p>On broader cricket matters, Naqvi said key decisions regarding the men\u2019s national team would be made soon. He confirmed that Aqib Javed was temporarily asked to take on a coaching role in an interim capacity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a temporary decision. We\u2019ll review this matter again next week,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Naqvi declined to comment on reports of Mohammad Rizwan\u2019s dissatisfaction over limited decision-making powers.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, the PCB chief met with the women\u2019s team and congratulated them on their recent performances.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said on Friday that the national women\u2019s cricket team will not travel to India for the upcoming ICC Women\u2019s World Cup, in line with an existing agreement between the boards. Speaking to reporters after meeting with the women\u2019s team at Gaddafi Stadium, Naqvi said, \u201cThe Pakistan women\u2019s team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}