New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Former captain and Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey confirmed that the board hasn’t acquired any clearance from the federal government in regards to the Pakistan males’s hockey workforce travelling to India for the Asia Cup and Junior Hockey World Cup, that are set to be held within the nation later this yr.
There may be uncertainty over Pakistan’s males’s hockey workforce’s participation within the tournaments after the cross-border rigidity between India and Pakistan escalated in Might earlier this yr. India will host the Asia Cup from August 29 to September 7 on the not too long ago developed Rajgir Hockey Stadium in Bihar. The Males’s Junior Hockey World Cup is scheduled to happen from November 28 to December 10 in Tamil Nadu.
Tirkey addressed the continuing experiences about Pakistan travelling to India and collaborating within the event and instructed ANI, “We’ve seen many tournaments, and each time there’s a match between India and Pakistan, the entire world likes to look at it. Two tournaments that we’re going to host, Pakistan goes to take part in each. Nonetheless, until now, we’ve not acquired any clearance; as soon as we get it, we are going to transfer ahead accordingly.”
Pakistan’s males’s hockey workforce toured India for the Hockey World Cup in 2018. Other than Pakistan, India will host Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, Oman and Chinese language Taipei within the subsequent month’s Asia Cup. In the meantime, within the Junior Hockey World Cup, India and Pakistan have been drafted in Pool B alongside Chile and Switzerland.
Whereas the Pakistan hockey workforce is travelling to India, it stays to be seen if their males’s cricket workforce will cross the border for the Asia Cup, which is scheduled to be held in India, the official host of the event, later this yr.
In February this yr, the Indian workforce did not journey to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy and performed all their matches at a impartial venue in Dubai. It was additionally confirmed that the hybrid mannequin will probably be adopted for all ICC occasions within the 2024-27 cycle, which will probably be held in India or Pakistan. (ANI)
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