LIVE UPDATES | Pakistan's T20 World Cup Boycott Threat: PAK PM Trolled Over Cricketing Post

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Former Pakistan captain and veteran wicketkeeper-batter Rashid Latif has voiced his belief that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has missed its window of opportunity to effectively withdraw from the T20 World Cup. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Shariff is facing the heat over his post on national team's win against Australia. Aakash Chopra, known for his analytical and often blunt takes on the game, responded with a "with due respect" rebuttal that quickly garnered thousands of interactions. 

LIVE | PAK's T20 WC Boycott Threat: Former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja took a dig at Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's social media post where he hailed Men in Green's 22-run win against Australia in the opening T20I at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Notably, Australia are featuring without their main players as Pakistan managed to defeat them for the first time in a T20I in eight years.

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a frequent commentator on the national team's exploits, took to X to laud the Salman Ali Agha-led national team for their series-opening win against the visiting Australians. His action is now facing the heat. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: The timing cannot be confirmed as of now, but it is expected that Mohsin Naqvi will make an official statement today. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Sri Lanka is beefing up the security for the Pakistan team, ensuring they make it really difficult for the Men in Green to opt out. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: There is no confirmation on the timing of when the announcement would happen and hence the wait continues on. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Saim Ayub's allround show with the bat and the ball ensured he was the Player of the match. He scored 40 off 22 balls and also picked up a couple of crucial wickets.

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: In the opening T20I against Australia in Lahore, hosts Pakistan won the game by 22 runs. The win gives them the lead in the three-match series. 

LIVE | PAK's T20 WC 2026 Boycott Threat: It has to be nation above cricket and what is going on is not good for cricket. Naqvi, unfortunately doesn't realise it and hence it is clear that he is doing political posturing. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: The final call happens today or it happens on Monday. It is understood that the team will leave for Colombo on February 2. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Yes, once the T20I series against Australia at home is over - the team will fly out to Colombo for the marquee event on February 2. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: There is little to no doubt that Naqvi is not taking the future of the players and the future of cricket in Pakistan into consideration. He is an Union minster and is truly behaving like one. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: In a recent interview, former India batter Suresh Raina made his stance clear on the T20 World Cup crisis, featuring Bangladesh.

Raina said: "I think whatever happened with Bangladesh-we provided the security, everything was there. I think it's their fault. If they would have come to India, it would have been different because the Bangladesh team is very, very strong. Their spinners know the conditions really well. I think they’re going to lose out so much."

LIVE | PAK's T20 WC Boycott Threat: That is not likely as by doing so, Naqvi realises he could be rubbing ICC the wrong side and in the future may have to pay for it. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: This is highly unlikely to happen as the Pakistan team in all probability will feature in the mega event. But in case they don't, ICC is contemplating replacing them with Uganda. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Knowing the financial condition of Pakistan and the cricketing board, it is clear that they need the money and hence the threats of boycott are nothing but fake. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: It is clear that Mohsin Naqvi, who is also an Union Minister, is trying to play to the gallery doing such political posturing unnecessarily. Even to push ICC by delaying things is not ideal as they are behaving like an irresponsible member of the ICC. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: It is rather ridiculous to see the Board of Control of Cricket in India have been silent over this mess. Most Indians believe that the BCCI should force the ICC to take stern steps against Pakistan. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: There is a section of fans that believe the International Cricket Council should not entertain PCB's bizarre protest and should levy sanctions on them straightaway. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Here is the 15-member Pakistan squad. 

Pakistan’s World Cup Squad: Salman Ali Agha (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk) and Usman Tariq

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: It is understood that the Pakistan cricket team will feature in the marquee event. It is also understood that they may wear black armbands during the India match to show their solidarity towards Bangladesh. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: A couple of days back, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced a 15-member squad that would feature in the mega event. By announcing the side, the PCB has all but confirmed their participation. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Multiple reports confirm that the PCB has already booked the ticket for the travel of the Pakistan cricket team to Colombo. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Reports suggest that PCB understand the situation they are in and hence will not be boycotting the event. The announcement of that is likely to happen today. 

ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Hello and welcome to the live updates of Pakistan's final call over participation in the upcoming T20 World Cup.