India game not in our control, it's government's decision: Pakistan skipper Salman Agha

Pakistan skipper Salman Agha emphasizes the team's respect for the government's decision regarding the India match in the T20 World Cup.

Echoing his cricket board's stance, Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha on Thursday stressed that the decision to boycott the T20 World Cup match against India was taken by their government and was "not in our control".

Pakistan on Sunday announced a boycott of its high-profile men's T20 World Cup group league fixture against India on February 15 here. However, the Pakistani government cleared the national team's participation in the rest of the global event starting February 7.

"Yeah, the India game, it's not in our control. It's a government decision, and we respect that. Whatever they are going to say, we do that," Agha said during the captain's conference.

Agha said in the event of the two arch-rivals clashing in the knockouts, they will again abide by the decision taken by the Pakistan government.

"Well, I have mentioned that before. It is a government decision and we respect that. We will do what they are going to say and we will do that.

"Regardless - I do not know if the game is going to happen or not, but the government has said one thing and we are going to do that. I do not know about the game.