A call on whether or not Pakistan will boycott subsequent month’s males’s T20 World Cup is about to be made by early subsequent week.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chair Mohsin Naqvi held talks with the nation’s prime minister, Shahbaz Sharif, on Monday to debate their participation in gentle of Bangladesh’s withdrawal.
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) changed Bangladesh with Scotland on Saturday for the match which is being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka between 7 February and eight March.
Naqvi stated in a submit on X, exterior he had “a productive assembly” with Sharif the place he “briefed him on the ICC matter”.
“He [Sharif] directed that we resolve it whereas retaining all choices on the desk,” Naqvi stated.
“It was agreed that the ultimate determination can be taken both on Friday or subsequent Monday.”
BBC Sport understands that along with a full boycott of the match Pakistan officers are contemplating simply boycotting their match towards India.
Pakistan are attributable to play India on the T20 World Cup in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 15 February in accordance with an settlement signed final 12 months saying the 2 international locations will play at impartial venues each time one in all them hosts an ICC occasion.
Political tensions imply the 2 international locations haven’t confronted one another outdoors males’s main tournaments since 2013, whereas India haven’t performed in Pakistan since 2008.
The ICC has been approached for remark.
Pakistan’s response comes after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had requested for his or her World Cup fixtures to be switched from India citing security considerations.
There was rising tensions between the international locations and Bangladesh requested their video games have been performed in Sri Lanka, which is co-hosting the match, as a substitute.
The ICC rejected Bangladesh’s request, saying there was an “absence of any credible safety risk” earlier than the BCB reaffirmed its place.
BBC Sport understands Pakistan supported Bangladesh’s place in an emergency ICC board assembly held final Wednesday.
In a assertion launched final Saturday, through which they introduced the choice to switch Bangladesh with Scotland, the ICC stated it had “engaged with the BCB by a number of rounds of dialogue performed in a clear and constructive method”.
“In gentle of those findings, and after cautious consideration of the broader implications, the ICC decided that it was not acceptable to amend the revealed occasion schedule,” the ICC assertion added.
The ICC additionally stated it was eager to not set up “precedents that might undermine the neutrality and equity of ICC occasions”.
This month, the Board of Management for Cricket in India instructed Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders to drop Bangladesh cricketer Mustafizur Rahman due to political tensions.
