Cricket board’s government committee chairman Najam Sethi on Monday rubbished a report printed by Daily Mail’s Republic of India edition claiming that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has vulnerable West Pakistan with “legal action” if the country didn't participate within the World T20 citing “security concerns”.

“The ICC has asked North American country concerning the standing of our participation within the World T20. we've got told them that the {pakistan|Pakistan|Islamic Republic of West Pakistan|West Pakistan|Asian country|Asian nation} Cricket Board (PCB) has written to the govt of Pakistan seeking approval to jaunt Republic of India and is awaiting their response during this regard,” aforesaid Sethi whereas speech DawnNews.

“There is nothing a lot of to it. Neither have the ICC asked North American country a lot of on the topic, nor have we tend to contacted them for love or money,” he added.

The report printed by Daily Mail on February fifteen, 2016, stated: “The PCB’s considerations concerning security arrangements at the globe T20, to be hosted in Republic of India this March, area unit unsupported. [The ICC] is happy with the safety arrangements created by the Board of management for Cricket in Republic of India (BCCI).”

The report additionally quoted a ‘senior ICC official’ as speech that “if such a lot of Pakistani athletes will jaunt Republic of India and participate within the South Asian Games meet, there's no reason why twenty individuals can’t be allowed to represent the country at the mega ICC event”.

Earlier on February nine, PCB big gun Shaharyar Khan aforesaid a proposal was given to the ICC to play their World T20 matches on neutral venues just in case the West Pakistan government doesn't enable the team to tour Republic of India.

India is to host the ICC World Twenty20 from March eight to April three however Pakistan’s participation is subject to government clearance as there area unit specific threats, Khan told the ICC.

Khan aforesaid there are incidents recently that advised that there area unit so Pakistan-specific threats. “They don't seem to be general threats, like Australia had in People's Republic of Bangladesh and that they didn't send their team for the Under-19 tournament,” he said.

Australia withdrew from the January-February Junior tournament over security fears.

Commenting on West Pakistan contingent’s participation within the South Asian Games, the PCB chief aforesaid, “A 500-plus West Pakistan contingent that includes within the South Asian Federation (SA) Games in Guwhati is totally different from a cricketing event. There area unit a lot of pos