As per a report, ICC officials held a meeting with PCB chairman Najam Sethi in Pakistan, during which Sethi made it clear that the team would not participate in a World Cup match in Ahmedabad unless it was a knockout fixture.

"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," a senior PCB source reported.

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