Pakistan gamers have fun the wicket of Australia’s Glenn Maxwell throughout ICC Males’s T20 World Cup Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. — Reuters/File
The ICC T20 World Cup 2026 is about to happen from February 7 to March 8 in India and Sri Lanka.
The workforce administration can be briefed in a while the longer term plan of action, the official mentioned.
They’ve additionally been requested to organize a contingency plan within the occasion Pakistan decides to not take part within the match.
Pakistan has expressed full assist for Bangladesh’s resolution to not journey to India for the World Cup, describing Bangladesh’s safety issues as affordable and legitimate.
Officers have added that if the problem regarding Bangladesh’s participation stays unresolved, Pakistan will rethink its personal participation within the occasion.
The sources confirmed that Pakistan is totally backing its neighbours, describing Bangladesh’s safety issues as “reasonable and valid.”
Yesterday, studies emerged that Pakistan is reviewing its participation within the match if Bangladesh’s issues will not be resolved satisfactorily.
Insiders emphasised that no nation ought to face strain or threats concerning internet hosting tasks.
On January 11, the PCB expressed willingness to host Bangladesh’s fixtures within the T20 World Cup if venues in Sri Lanka are unavailable.
All Pakistani venues are reportedly able to stage World Cup matches, with officers highlighting the profitable internet hosting of main ICC occasions, together with the Champions Trophy 2025 and the ICC Girls’s Qualifier.
In a associated improvement, Cricket Eire (CI) clarified that the ICC won’t transfer Eire’s group-stage matches from Sri Lanka, dismissing studies that Bangladesh would possibly swap teams attributable to journey issues.
“We’ve received definitive assurances that we won’t move from the original schedule. We’re definitely playing the group stage in Sri Lanka,” a Cricket Eire official confirmed.
A ultimate resolution on Bangladesh’s participation, significantly concerning journey to India, is anticipated by January 21, following latest discussions between the ICC and BCB in Dhaka.
Throughout their second assembly in every week, the BCB reiterated its willingness to compete however expressed a choice for taking part in matches outdoors India, with Sri Lanka proposed as a attainable different.
The ICC has maintained that the unique schedule will stay unchanged, with Bangladesh positioned in Group C.
Their opening match is about towards West Indies in Kolkata, adopted by two extra group video games on the identical venue, earlier than concluding in Mumbai.
The ICC instructed the BCB that there isn’t any particular menace to the Bangladesh workforce.
The ICC is anticipated to appoint a alternative workforce, with Scotland presently subsequent in line primarily based on rankings.
