We’re with Bangladesh, it’s considered stance to boycott India game: Pak PM Sharif

KARACHI: (Feb 5) Calling Pakistan’s boycott of their T20 World Cup match against India an “appropriate decision, the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that it was a “considered stance” to support Bangladesh.

Pakistan’s cricket team has been told by the government to skip the February 15 game in Colombo after Bangladesh were replaced by Scotland for refusing to play its games in India on account of “security concerns”.

“We have taken a very clear stand on the T20 World Cup that we won’t play the match against India because there should be no politics on the sports field,” Sharif stated after a government meeting here.

Source: PTI News

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