The federal authorities on Sunday allowed the Pakistan cricket group to take part within the Males’s ICC T20 World Cup 2026 however barred the Inexperienced Shirt from taking part in the February 15 match in opposition to India.
The event got here following a gathering between Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif within the federal capital.
Sources accustomed to the matter informed Geo Information that the ICC’s biased therapy of Bangladesh was the primary purpose behind the choice.
Tensions flared between the cricket boards of Bangladesh and India after Bangladesh’s star pacer Mustafizur Rahman was faraway from the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the instructions of the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), sparking outrage in Dhaka.
Later, the BCB requested the ICC to shift their matches outdoors India, however the worldwide cricket physique rejected the plea. In view of BCB’s agency stance, the ICC changed them with Scotland within the showpiece occasion, saying it was not possible to vary the schedule so near the February 7 begin of the event.
Referring to the federal government of Pakistan’s determination, the sources stated that the choice geared toward expressing solidarity with Bangladesh.
“The Pakistan group has been instructed to not play the February 15 match in opposition to India as a protest,” the sources added.
India’s Jay Shah, who was elected unopposed as chairman of the game’s world physique in August 2024, has turned the ICC into “Indian Cricket Council” together with his biased determination, stated the sources.
“The ideas of justice and equality have been shattered by biased choices,” the federal government sources stated, including that double requirements had been being adopted whereas making choices from the ICC platform.
In view of the prevailing state of affairs, it was essential to register the protest, the federal government sources added.
