Pakistan delays decision on participation in T20 World Cup

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Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Mohsin Naqvi. File

Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Mohsin Naqvi. File | Photo Credit: AP

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) volition instrumentality a last telephone connected participating successful the men's T20 World Cup either connected Friday oregon adjacent Monday, president Mohsin Naqvi said aft gathering Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif successful Lahore connected Monday.

Naqvi took to societal media to corroborate that the contented was discussed astatine magnitude during his gathering connected Monday with the Prime Minister.

"I had a productive gathering with the Prime Minister and briefed him connected the ICC matter. He directed that we resoluteness it portion keeping each options connected the table," Naqvi tweeted.

"It was agreed that the last determination volition beryllium taken either connected Friday oregon adjacent Monday," helium added.

According to sources, Prime Minister Sharif told Naqvi that Pakistan should widen each imaginable enactment to Bangladesh, who were precocious ousted from the tourney starting February 7.

The sources said the Prime Minister was briefed connected aggregate scenarios, including the anticipation of Pakistan not sending its squad for the World Cup, oregon participating successful the tourney but boycotting the high-profile lucifer against India scheduled for February 15, if that people of enactment helped Bangladesh cricket successful immoderate manner.

The PCB had earlier maintained that the authorities would instrumentality the last telephone connected Pakistan's information successful the lawsuit successful presumption of the evolving concern pursuing Bangladesh's exit from the competition.

Bangladesh, who person been replaced by Scotland successful the 20-team event, had sought shifting of its matches to Sri Lanka, citing information concerns successful India but the ICC changeable down the proposal, saying nary specified verifiable menace exists.

Published - January 26, 2026 07:14 p.m. IST

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