Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi interacts with ladies’s nationwide cricket staff gamers at Lahore Metropolis Cricket Affiliation (LCCA) Floor on April 19, 2025. — reporters “Pakistan won’t journey to India,” says PCB chairman.He says it is as much as host nation to determine about impartial venue.Girls’s cricket staff will certainly be rewarded, he provides.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who additionally serves as the inside minister, on Saturday clarified that the ladies’s nationwide cricket staff wouldn’t go to India for the 2025 Girls’s World Cup, slated to be performed later this yr.
His remarks got here moments after Pakistan concluded their ICC Girls’s World Cup qualifier unbeaten with a commanding seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh within the 14th match of the match on the Lahore Metropolis Cricket Affiliation Floor.
The PCB chairman visited the Lahore Metropolis Cricket Affiliation (LCCA) Floor to laud the nationwide ladies’s staff’s efficiency.
Speaking to journalists, the PCB chairman made it clear that the nationwide ladies’s staff won’t journey to India for the mega occasion as per the “Fusion Formula”, which got here into impact forward of the ICC Males’s Champions Trophy earlier this yr.
“Pakistan will not travel to India as this formula has already been agreed upon,” mentioned Naqvi.
When probed in regards to the impartial venue for Pakistan’s matches within the World Cup, Naqvi shared that it’s as much as the host nation to decide, however emphasised that the nationwide staff won’t be travelling to India.
For the unversed, Pakistan booked their spot on the World Cup with a commanding 87-run victory over Thailand on Thursday earlier than outclassing Bangladesh by seven wickets earlier at present to spherical off an ideal marketing campaign.
Commenting on the Fatima Sana-led aspect’s efficiency, Naqvi termed it the result of unity and shared that they are going to be rewarded for his or her brilliance.
“When a team is gelled in and plays like a unit, it produces such results. They will definitely be rewarded. They deserve it,” Naqvi said.
