The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have rejected Pakistan’s request to swap the venues of their One Day International (ODI) World Cup 2023.  It is to be noted, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) asked to swap matches against Australia and Afghanistan.

The Pakistan Cricket Board were hopeful of having their venues for two of their matches during the 2023 ODI World Cup in India swapped with each other.  According to the draft schedule, Babar Azam’s men are slated to lock horns with Australia in Bengaluru on the 20th of October, and they take on Afghanistan in Chennai on the 23rd of October.

The PCB wanted the venues for both games to be swapped so that Pakistan would get to play Australia in Chennai and Afghanistan in Bengaluru.  However, their request has been turned down by the BCCI and the ICC.

An internal note from the PCB read, “Australia in Bengaluru and Afghanistan in Chennai are the two which we should look to get changed as much as possible.”  The note further read, “Ideally, we can switch these around.  Australia in Chennai and Afghanistan in Bengaluru would make us obvious favorites in both matches.”

However, the ICC and the BCCI rejected the request, during a meeting held on the 22nd of June.

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