Pakistan tried to put pressure on the ICC and the Indian Cricket Board by threatening to boycott matches against India in response to Bangladesh’s exclusion from the T20 World Cup.

ICC also took initiatives to convince Pakistan to play the match ICC held a round of discussion with Pakistan Cricket Board and Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday In that discussion, the Pakistan Cricket Board made a set of demands One of them was India-Pak bilateral series and a tri-series involving Bangladesh, India, Pakistan. So that Bangladesh gets some financial compensation for not being able to play T20 World Cup

It is not possible for the ICC to give clearance for India-Pak series in these demands The highest governing body of cricket also rejected the demand of organizing the tri-nation series Because India has not played in a tri-series for more than a decade However, the ICC assured to look into the demand to give the responsibility of hosting the next U-19 Cricket World Cup to Bangladesh

After this discussion, the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Mohsin Naqvi, said that within two days, the Pakistan Cricket Board will announce their final decision on participating in the match against India. According to sources, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif came to know about the entire situation from Naqvir

Bangladesh Cricket Board has requested Pakistan to play T20 World Cup match against India, Pakistan government statement claimed In addition, the Prime Minister of Pakistan spoke on the phone with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday afternoon The President of Sri Lanka also requested Pakistan to enter the field against India in that discussion A statement by the Pakistan government claimed that the same request had come from some member countries of the ICC, such as the United Arab Emirates. After that, PCB has been instructed to field the team against India next Sunday, according to the statement of the Pakistan government