LAHORE: With Pakistan’s participation within the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 doubtful, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has postponed the revealing of the nationwide crew’s official jersey for the event on account of “unavoidable causes”, sources advised Geo Information on Saturday.
In accordance with the well-placed sources, the PCB had deliberate to disclose the gamers’ official equipment following the toss of the second T20I in opposition to Australia at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium.
The postponement comes amid continued uncertainty surrounding Pakistan’s participation within the marquee event, which is scheduled to start on February 7 in India and Sri Lanka.
Sources additional revealed that the PCB is anticipated to make a remaining determination concerning Pakistan’s participation on Monday after high-level consultations.
Pakistan are at the moment slated to open their World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to the Netherlands on February 7 and have been positioned in Group A alongside arch-rivals India, in addition to the USA and Namibia.
Notably, the PCB introduced a 15-member squad for the event on January 25 throughout a media convention attended by PCB Director of Excessive Efficiency and Males’s Nationwide Choice Committee member Aqib Javed, Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson and T20I captain Salman Ali Agha.
Captain Salman Ali Agha, together with Faheem Ashraf, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Sahibzada Farhan and Usman Tariq, has earned a maiden call-up to Pakistan’s squad for a significant ICC occasion.
In the meantime, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan and Usman Khan have featured in a number of editions of the T20 World Cup since 2021.
As per the ‘Fusion Formulation’, the 2009 champions will play all of their matches in Sri Lanka, which stipulates that Pakistan and India is not going to tour one another for ICC occasions over a three-year interval and can as an alternative compete at impartial venues.
If Pakistan advance to the semi-finals and remaining, each knockout matches shall be hosted in Colombo. In any other case, the semi-finals and remaining shall be staged in Kolkata and Ahmedabad, respectively.
Pakistan squad:
Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk) and Usman Tariq.
Pakistan’s ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 schedule:
February 7 – Pakistan vs Netherlands, Colombo
February 10 – Pakistan vs USA, Colombo
February 15 – India vs Pakistan, Colombo
February 18 – Pakistan vs Namibia, Colombo
