Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has met Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Aminul Islam in Lahore today (Sunday).
The president thanked Pakistan for its support.
A meeting between the PCB and the International Cricket Council (ICC) was also held to discuss Pakistan’s boycott of India.
The two sides will most likely announce the outcome of the meeting after receiving an endorsement from the Government of Pakistan.
Earlier, Pakistan gave its cricket team the nod to participate in the World Cup, but said the Green Shirts would not play their match with arch-rivals India, scheduled to be held in Colombo.
In response to the development, even before the official communication from the PCB, the ICC, in a statement, said the position of “selective participation is difficult to reconcile with the fundamental premise of a global sporting event where all qualified teams are expected to compete on equal terms per the event schedule”.
According to some reports, the primary reason for boycotting the match with India was the ICC’s “biased decision” towards Bangladesh.
“The government of Pakistan wanted to show solidarity with Bangladesh. Therefore, as a protest, the national team was restricted from playing its match with India scheduled for February 15,” the source added.
The development came after ICC announced that Scotland would replace Bangladesh in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 after the BCB refused to participate in the tournament per the published match schedule.
