A meeting was recently held between representatives of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Even after this meeting held in Lahore, no final decision has been taken yet on the India-Pakistan match. According to Cricbuzz, PCB is now waiting for the order of the Pakistan government before issuing any final decision. Now this matter has reached Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.

According to a report published in Cricbuzz, it is expected that an announcement can be made after the meeting of PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi and Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. It is possible that an announcement may be made by ICC or PCB by the end of the day.

Pakistan had placed 4 big demands before the ICC in the recent meeting. It is being said that ICC is adamant that Pakistan has no basis to make any such demand. The idea has also been put forward by the International Cricket Council that Pakistan should play matches with India under the Members Participation Agreement (MPA) agreement signed in December 2024. In this, a proposal was made to hold the matches between India and Pakistan at neutral venues.

According to the same report, it was claimed that some of the demands of PCB circulating in the media may be accurate, such as resumption of bilateral series with India. There was even a demand to play a bilateral series with Bangladesh. BCB also proposed that a tri-series be conducted between India-Pakistan-Bangladesh.

There is no clarity on how many demands of Pakistan and Bangladesh have been accepted, but restarting the India-Pakistan-Bangladesh tri-series or the bilateral series between them does not come under the jurisdiction of the ICC. It is for BCCI to decide whether to play tri-series or bilateral series with Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The India vs Pakistan match in the 2026 T20 World Cup is very close. Before that, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) tried to resolve this issue through talks. Pakistan had placed 4 big demands before ICC. According to sources, ICC has rejected all the demands of PCB.

ICC representatives had recently reached Pakistan, where Mohsin Naqvi-led PCB had placed 4 demands before the International Cricket Council, one of which was the resumption of the bilateral series with India. It is being told that the ICC delegation had accepted one of the four demands, but rejected the remaining three demands as beyond their jurisdiction.

What are those 4 demands?

First demand- The first demand from the PCB was that Pakistan team’s bilateral series with India should be reinstated. Pakistan talked about conducting India-Pak series at a neutral venue. No bilateral series has ever been played between India and Pakistan after 2012.

Second demand- Pakistan said that its share in ICC revenue should be increased to equal that of Australia and England. According to reports, at present PCB’s share in ICC revenue is around 5.75 percent.

Third demand- BCCI should end the no-handshake policy with Pakistan team. The Indian team has adopted a policy of not shaking hands with Pakistani players since Asia Cup 2025. The same was done by the women’s team also.

Fourth demand- Pakistan once again supported Bangladesh. He placed the demand before the ICC delegation that Bangladesh should be given full compensation despite being out of the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Let us remind you that despite assurance of security arrangements from ICC and BCCI, Bangladesh had refused to travel to India for T20 World Cup 2026. The result was that the ICC excluded Bangladesh from the T20 World Cup and replaced it with Scotland.

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