India, Feb. 5 -- President of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), Shamni Silva, on Thursday wrote to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), requesting that they reconsider their decision to boycott the T20 World Cup Group A match against India, scheduled for February 15 at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium.

While the PCB is yet to officially convey its stance to the International Cricket Council (ICC), Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif clarified during a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday that the players would not take the field against India as an act of solidarity with Bangladesh, who were removed from the World Cup by the apex body last month.

According to a report in Sri Lankan publication Newswire, SLC's letter to the PCB highlighted the...