ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi this week threw the national cricket team’s participation in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026 into doubt by saying he would seek the government’s directives on it, after the International Cricket Council (ICC) replaced Bangladesh in the tournament. Naqvi was speaking to reporters in Lahore on Saturday shortly after the ICC announced it had replaced Bangladesh with Scotland in the T20 World Cup. The decision stemmed from Bangladesh’s refusal to play in India owing to security fears.

Bangladesh's government and cricket officials stick to their stance despite ICC's threat of replacing it with Scotland.

Bangladesh have been replaced by Scotland for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup after they refused to travel to co-hosts India