At the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s request, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has decided to meet Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif to finalise about Pak vs Ind match.
The government will make the final decision.
On Sunday, ICC, PCB and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) met and had a meeting for hours.
ICC Deputy Chairman Khawaja has been tasked with initiating informal talks with Pakistan on the matter of Pak vs Ind match.
Khawaja, who represents the Singapore Cricket Association, has reportedly been tasked with engaging the PCB in an effort to convince it to agree to the high-profile encounter.
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.
According to some reports, the primary reason for boycotting the match with India was the ICC’s “biased decision” towards Bangladesh.
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.
