There is a smell of introducing a political angle in the organization of T20 World Cup 2026. Earlier Bangladesh had refused to send its team to India citing security reasons, whereas India has been hosting international tournaments in the past also without any problem. Now the news is that India has refused to give visa to 4 American cricketers of Pakistani origin.

Has India canceled the visa?

Actually, this controversy started when Ali Khan, an American cricketer of Pakistani origin, claimed in a social media post that India had refused to grant visas to four American players of Pakistani origin, including him. Has India taken this decision keeping in mind the political viewpoint? This is not true, because according to a media report, an official associated with the visa process said that the visas have not been cancelled, but additional information was sought about these four players.

Additional information was sought

According to a report in Cricbuzz, all four cricketers had got an appointment at the Indian Embassy in Sri Lanka on January 13 and had completed all the paperwork prescribed by the ICC. During the meeting at the Indian Embassy, ​​he was told that his visa process could not be completed at present.

It was further told in the same report that the same evening a call was received from the Indian Embassy to the American management. It was told that some information has been received, while additional information is awaited from the Ministry of External Affairs. Once this process is complete, all four players will be contacted.

This is the process for cricketers of Pakistani origin.

The process of granting visas to Pakistani players involves additional administrative procedures, regardless of their citizenship. Usman Khawaja, Moeen Ali and Shoaib Bashir, all of them are cricketers of Pakistani origin and whenever they visit India, they have to go through a similar visa process.

As far as the four American cricketers are concerned, sources said that the visa applications have not been canceled and are fully active and under consideration.

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