Updated On: 25 November, 2023 08:00 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The PTI has learnt that Nagal did not want to play because the tie will be held on grass courts, a surface that does not suit his game style. Mukund has opted out of the matches because of “personal reasons”

Sasi Mukund and Sumit Nagal
India’s top two singles players Sumit Nagal and Sasi Kumar Mukund have conveyed to the national tennis federation that they won’t travel to Pakistan for the next Davis Cup tie and the baffled All India Tennis Association (AITA) has decided to discuss the players’ refusal at its next Executive Committee meeting.
Nagal is India’s best-ranked singles player at number 141 in the ATP chart and Mukund is second-best at number 477.The two players have conveyed their unavailability for the World Group I play-off tie to be played in February but have not specified the reason behind their decision.