The World Cup 2023 isn't discussed among the cricketing circles only because it is the biggest tournament in the game but also because of the way the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been managing its affairs.
Three of Pakistan's matches have already been scheduled including the most anticipated match of the World Cup against India.
And now, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) wants to do the same with the warm-up game between Pakistan and New Zealand on September 29, reported The Indian Express on Sunday.
The reason behind this is said to be the inability of the agencies to provide security due to religious festivals — Ganesh Visarjan and Milad-un-Nabi — that are on September 28th.
Not only the warm-up game, the security agencies have also raised concerns over back-to-back World Cup games on October 9 and 10 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
It must be noted that on October 9, New Zealand will take on the Netherlands while on October 10, Pakistan will face Sri Lanka.
The local authorities have verbally informed the HCA that they will not be able to provide security for one of the matches — especially the required bulletproof security for Pakistan's match.
The report further adds that the HCA has already written an email to the BCCI about their requests.
The HCA is annoyed that the BCCI officials did not communicate with them and they have not yet received an official letter with the revised World Cup schedule.
The Indian board sent a letter of confirmation on the previously announced schedule in June but there has been no communication from the board after that, the report added.
Schedule of Pakistan's warm-up matches:
September 29 — vs New Zealand in Hyderabad
October 3 — vs Australia in Hyderabad
Here is Pakistan's schedule for the ICC World Cup 2023:
October 6 — vs Netherlands in Hyderabad
October 10 — vs Sri Lanka in Hyderabad
October 14 — vs India in Ahmedabad
October 20 — vs Australia in Bengaluru
October 23 — vs Afghanistan in Chennai
October 27 — vs South Africa in Chennai
October 31 — vs Bangladesh in Kolkata
November 4 — vs New Zealand Bengaluru (Day match)
November 11 - vs England in Kolkata
The day matches which will start at 10:00am Pakistan Standard Time (PST) while all other matches will be day-night fixtures starting at 01:30pm (PST).
