The Chair of the Independent Tribunal upheld International Tennis Federation (ITF) Davis Cup Committee’s (DCC) decision and directed India to play the February 2024 tie in Islamabad according to the finalised schedule.

The independent tribunal ruled that the Davis Cup tie will be held in Pakistan

Judge David Casserly (Sports Resolution UK) rejected the All Indian Tennis Association’s (AITA) appeal against the Davis Cup Committee’s decision to allot the tie to Pakistan.

After going through all the relevant documents submitted by both parties – ITF Committee/Pakistan Tennis Federation and AITA –, the tribunal upheld the decision maintaining that there are no solid reasons to change the venue and all the reasons

The Committee in a consensus decision declared that India’s stance not to travel to Pakistan has no solid grounds. “There is no such situation in Pakistan where an Indian team cannot travel and participate in the Davis Cup tie.

Pakistan has hosted some important Davis Cup ties just recently in a successful manner so there are no solid grounds as to why Pakistan cannot host the tie against India in a befitting manner. Maintaining law and order is the sole responsibility of the host nation. Indian team should rest assured that required security measures will be for their travel and participation,“ the committee opined.