Asim Munir enters India-Pakistan T20 WC controversy as PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi says… | India News
Pakistan Government on Monday directed the national cricket team to field on February 15 for their scheduled match against champions India in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, a video of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi talking about Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir during the match discussion was widely shared on social media platforms.
According to a statement by the Government of Pakistan, the decision came after Naqvi informed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif about the results of high-level talks between the PCB, International Cricket Council (ICC) and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).
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Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the Minister of Internal Affairs of Pakistan, brought up the name of Pakistan Chief of General Staff Asim Munir at the press conference.
According to a report by NDTV, Naqvi made this statement when asked about the ICC’s “threats” regarding Pakistan’s earlier boycott of the match against India.
Naqvi said, “I am not afraid of threats, neither is the Government of Pakistan and as for the Field Marshal, you already know him.”
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Pakistan had earlier decided to boycott its group stage World Cup match against arch-rivals India in support of Bangladesh, who were expelled from the tournament after the ICC rejected their request to shift the venues outside India due to “security concerns”.
After discussions with the ICC and other countries, the Pakistan government instructed the cricket team to play the T20 World Cup match against India.
After the ICC held a meeting with the PCB and BCB at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday to discuss Pakistan’s decision to boycott the 2026 T20 World Cup match with India in Colombo, BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul on Monday urged Pakistan to play the February 15 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match against India.
According to ANI, earlier the official X branch of the Government of Pakistan had announced that the Men in Green would not take to the field in the clash on February 15 and later Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif attributed this boycott to the dispute with Bangladesh, citing it as a symbol of solidarity.
Scotland replaced Bangladesh in the 2026 T20 World Cup; They implemented it after their demands that all their matches be played outside India were not accepted by the ICC, after Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Mustafizur Rahman was excluded from the squad as per the instructions of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) due to concerns about atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh.
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