Indian gamers pictured alongside Pakistan staff throughout Asia Cup 2025 conflict at Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE, September 14, 2025. — Reuters
LAHORE: Amid the prevailing uncertainty over Pakistan’s participation within the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026, the Pakistan Cricket Board has ready a plan if the choice is made towards participation within the event, sources mentioned on Sunday.
The sources added {that a} four-team event will likely be held in Lahore, with Pakistan and Shaheens Below-18 groups divided into 4 groups.
The event comes amid the looming risk of a possible boycott by Pakistan after the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) rejected the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) request to maneuver their video games to a venue exterior India.
The BCB requested the venue change after Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman was faraway from the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the Indian cricket board’s directions, sparking fury in Bangladesh.
Nonetheless, the ICC changed them with Scotland within the showpiece occasion on Saturday, saying it was not possible to alter the schedule so near the February 7 begin of the event.
Bangladesh’s exclusion triggered studies of Pakistan’s potential withdrawal from the event.
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi is anticipated to satisfy Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at present, which can probably be adopted by an announcement on the Inexperienced Shirts’ participation within the 20-team event, hosted by India and Sri Lanka, and commencing on February 7.
In the meantime, beneath the association between Pakistan and India, the Males in Inexperienced will play in a impartial venue for any ICC occasion, together with the T20 World Cup the place they’re scheduled to play their matches in Sri Lanka.
