Ever since the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama, the relation between India and Pakistan has turned bitter than ever. The attack resulted in the death of more than 44 CRPF troops and it raised the tension between both countries to a new level. Pakistan based terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed the responsibility of that attack. It led to raising voices to boycott Pakistan in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which will host by England and Wales.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India raised this issue to the International Cricket Council and asked them to ban countries who ‘emanate terrorism’, but didn’t mention Pakistan clearly. However, the ICC rejected BCCI’s plea and gave them full assurance of security in the marquee event.

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Now, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) raised their concern for Pakistan cricket team. PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani, on Saturday, raised the issue of ‘visa guarantee’ for their cricketers at the next two ICC’s event. They put this matter ahead of ICC during the recently concluded quarterly ICC meet in Dubai. India is in line to host T20 World Cup in 2021 apart from ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.

The former ICC President Mani was seeking a guarantee from ICC that the visas should be allowed to the Pakistan cricketers during those events. However, ICC told him the body looks at such issue a year before the event and there is still a lot of time to dig deep in this matter.

Bilateral cricketing ties between the two Asian powerhouses have remained suspended and the two play only in multilateral events. Pakistan played in India in a World Cup on a couple of occasions (1996 and 2011) and both times, they lost to the hosts in the knock-out stage. India and Pakistan last played a bilateral series in 2012-13 when the neighbors came to India for two T20Is and three ODIs. While the T20Is were drawn 1-1, Pakistan won the ODI series by 2-1.

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Last month, the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) Shooting World Cup was in trouble when two Pakistani participants were refused visas by India in the wake of the Pulwama attack. The ISSF decided to cancel all the quota places from the competition but relented after India’s Sports Ministry and Indian Olympic Association made some efforts. The International Olympic Committee though sought an assurance in written that no participant would be denied visa by India at any international sporting event.