PCB chief demands three venues for Pakistan, insists not to play in Ahmedabad in ODI World Cup

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PCB chief Najam Sethi has cleared his stance to ICC representatives regarding their demands on the ICC ODI World Cup later this year.

According to reports, the PCB chairman made it clear to the ICC representative Greg Barclay about his decision to play in Ahmedabad in the ODI World Cup.

ICC General Manager Geoff Allardice, along with Barclay visited Karachi earlier this week to seek assurance from PCB that they won't demand of playing at a neutral venue in the upcoming ODI World Cup.

India demanded not to visit Pakistan for the Asia Cup citing security reasons and Pakistan's Hybrid Model has also been discarded by ACC. Amid this delicate situation, ICC required PCB's confirmation of taking part in the ODI World Cup later this year which takes place in India.

And according to a PCB official, Najam Sethi has demanded ICC not to play at the Narendra Modi Stadium in the group stage. He instead demanded three other venues such as Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata for the Pakistan matches.

"Sethi has conveyed to Barclay and Allardice that Pakistan doesn't want it matches to be scheduled in Ahmedabad unless it is a knock-out game like the final," the source said to PTI.

"He requested ICC to schedule their games in Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata if the national team gets clearance from the Pakistan government to travel to India for the global event scheduled in October and November," the source added.

It is reported that Sethi also pleaded the ICC officials to talk with BCCI and pursue them to accept their Hybrid Model, which doesn't look like succeeding at the moment.

The PCB chief further told ICC officials that they would not approve the revenue sharing policy for the next five-year cycle.

Sethi reportedly demanded Pakistan to get a higher share than England and Australia, citing the aforementioned cricket teams play regular cricket with India and the respective boards earn money from that.

It is to be seen whether BCCI will listen to PCB's demands. The schedule of the World Cup is set to be released in the next few days and will be circulated to the participating nations.