USA vs PAK: ICC takes action after Pakistan lodge huge complaint ahead of India clash

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has lodged an official complaint to the International Cricket Council (ICC) over their hotel arrangements ahead of the game against India in the T20 World Cup 2024. The match between the two teams will be played at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on 9th June.

For the game against India, Pakistan will be traveling to New York from Texas, where they will be playing their first game against the USA on 6th June. But in New York, ICC had allocated them to a stadium, which was 90 minutes away from the ground.

This didn’t go well with the Pakistan Cricket Board as they raised concerns about the travel. Chairman Mohsin Naqvi wrote an official complaint to the ICC for the long travel and urged them to keep Babar Azam-led side in a hotel, which is close to the ground in New York.

Following Naqvi's intervention, the ICC changed the hotel for the team. The Pakistan National Cricket Team now have been moved to a hotel only a five-minute drive from the purpose-built stadium on Long Island in Westbury, New York.

The new accommodation, which is close to the stadium in New York, allows Pakistan to have less travel time and prepare more easily for the game against India. The Rohit Sharma-led side is also staying in a hotel, which is 10 minutes away from the ground in New York.

The development related to the change in hotel for the Pakistan team was shared by an anonymous source from the PCB to the Associated Press under the condition of anonymity due to the lack of authorization to discuss the matter publicly.

Pakistan will begin their campaign in the T20 World Cup 2024 against the United States of America. The match between the two teams will be played on Thursday (6th June) at the Grand Prairie International Stadium in Texas. They would be keen to win and start their campaign on high.

Sri Lanka and Ireland lodge official complaint to ICC for travel halt

Recently, ahead of the game between Sri Lanka and South Africa, Sri Lanka filed and complaint to ICC over the travelling arrangements in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.

As per the reports in Newswire Sri Lanka and Ireland after their warmup game were made to wait for seven hours without any updates from the ICC regarding their flight to New York. This forced the teams to arrive at their destination quite a few hours late from their original time.

Sri Lanka also raised concerns very hotel arrangements in New York as they kept in a hotel that was one and a half hours away from the training facilities. This made the team cancel their training session ahead of the game against South Africa, which they lost at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.