Pakistan Board Hopeful Of India's Visit For Asia Cup 2023

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is hoping India will visit Pakistan when it hosts the 2023 Asia Cup. PCB chairman Ehsan Mani said India's visit will be a big break for Pakistan cricket and added

"Pakistan will be hosting the Asia Cup in 2023. India's participation in the tournament will be a big breakthrough for Pakistan cricket. I hope that the political situation would improve by then," added Mani.

Mani also talked about Pakistan's participation in the T20 World Cup and said that he has been assured that the tournament can't go ahead without India's arch-rivals. India are to host the tournament in October-November this year.

"The ICC assured that the T20 World Cup cannot be held without Pakistan. Spoken to Greg Barclay four times," he confirmed to Jang.

Although there is no official word from India on issuing visas to Pakistani cricketers for the T20 World Cup, it is too early to expect the Indian government to make its stand clear. The last time a Pakistani team visited India for a bilateral series was over eight years ago, in 2012-13, though Pakistan also toured India in 2016 for a multi-nation competition -- the 2016 ICC T20 World Cup

Ties, however, have resumed in other sports in recent times.

An initial glimpse of this thaw is already visible in Greater Noida where a Pakistani equestrian team is currently competing in the World Cup qualifiers.

A Pakistani skeet shooter also landed in New Delhi on Thursday to compete at the shooting World Cup starting in the national capital.