The ICC should confine itself to the World Cup in every four years and at the most should be limited to Under-19 tournaments. We believe this, and can always put forth our point before the ICC. We believe that the Champions trophy is not important. It dilutes the event. Moreover, we have to cater to the Indian cricket apart from our commitments to International cricket.

The normal practice is to select a 15-member squad. If the selectors decide to have an additional member, then the approval of the BCCI is needed.

It's a very important tour for the team and the players would have a chance to get experience of weather and wickets there.

This is PILCOM and chained to accounts of World Cup 1996.

The squad, which comprises an extra player as against the conventional 15, was announced only for the three-match Test series beginning Jan 14 in Lahore.

The selectors decided this at a meeting on Friday night.

Everything is in place and we are hugely optimistic of taking the World Cup.

We are struggling to give three suitable venues to the ICC for the tournament.

We are very clear that we will not participate in the Twenty20 championship and no one can force us to play. We have also sought support from Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

When allegations of such a serious nature have been made, they need to be probed. If nothing comes out, then that will be the end of it. We are only trying to find out the truth.