new delhi the pakistan cricket board pcb has reached out to prime minister shehbaz sharif seeking official clearance to travel to india for the upcoming odi world cup scheduled in octobernovember the pcb has written a letter addressed to the prime minister as well as the interior and foreign ministries seeking guidance on whether the national team can proceed with their travel plans to india an espncricinfo report saidin the letter the board has inquired if there are any concerns or reservations regarding the five venues designated for pakistans matches in the tournamentsoon after the world cup schedule was announced last tuesday we wrote to our patron honourable prime minister muhammad shehbaz sharif through the interprovincial coordination ipc ministry copying the ministry of foreign affairs and ministry of interior requesting clearance to participate in the world cup the pcb told the websitethe decision to visit india and approve venues at which we can play our matches is the prerogative of the government of pakistan we have absolute trust in the judgment of our government and will follow whatever is advisedit is entirely up to the government of pakistan the process it wants to formulate and follow before advising us on the next steps if this requires sending an advance team to india to inspect the venues and hold meetings with the event organisers then it will solely be the governments decisionthe letter was written on june 26 according to the reportit also said that the pcb shared pakistans schedule with the governmentit is also understood that pakistan is set to send a security delegation to india for inspecting the venues before giving clearance for the national teams travel to the neighbouring country for the world cupan official source in the interprovincial coordination sports ministry said that the government including the foreign and interior ministry would decide when to send the security delegation to india once the new chairman of the pakistan cricket board was elected after the eid holidayshe said the delegation is likely to visit chennai bengaluru hyderabad kolkata and ahmedabad the venue for the marque indiapakistan match on october 15with inputs from pti