New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated his government's decision of not playing the ICC T20 World Cup group stage match against India, which is scheduled to take place on 15 February in Colombo.

"We have taken a clear stand regarding the T20 World Cup that we will not play the match against India," the Pakistan PM said while addressing the federal cabinet in Islamabad. Sharif added that they have decided to boycott the India match after careful assessment and called for an appropriate decision. "There should be no politics in sports," he said. "We have taken this stand after deliberating on it carefully," he said, calling it an "appropriate decision".

However, this decision of Pakistan, which will be ...