Pakistan's India boycott at T20 World Cup
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THE FOG of war can make it difficult to understand what is happening during a conflict. Sometimes that murkiness can persist long after the guns have fallen silent. That is proving true of the four-day skirmish between India and Pakistan that took place last May.
The Pakistan government's boycott of the Twenty20 World Cup group stage game against arch-rivals India has robbed the tournament of its most sought-after match.
Hashtags criticising the Shehbaz-Munir leadership trended across Pakistani social media, with users accusing the establishment of trading national interest for personal power.
You have to treat Bangladesh the same as you treat Pakistan the same as you treat India,’ Nasser Hussain said as the former England captains criticised the ICC.
Pakistani police and military forces have killed over 100 "Indian-backed terrorists" in Balochistan, according to government officials
Pakistan are unlikely to change its stance, and the boycott of the T20 World Cup match against India is firmly on the cards.
ICC has reportedly asked deputy chair Imran Khwaja to hold back-channel talks with PCB after Pakistan government ordered a boycott of the India match at T20 World Cup 2026.
For New Delhi, the deal is a strategic breakthrough that aligns trade with geopolitics. For Islamabad and Dhaka, it threatens to dismantle decades of hard-won advantage built on special trade regimes rather than competitiveness.