{"id":7075,"date":"2026-01-18T15:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=7075"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:22:06","slug":"pakistan-signals-possible-t20-world-cup-withdrawal-if-bangladeshs-venue-demand-is-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=7075","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Signals Possible T20 World Cup Withdrawal if Bangladesh\u2019s Venue Demand Is Rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan is weighing a withdrawal from the Men\u2019s T20 World Cup if Bangladesh\u2019s request to shift its fixtures out of India is not approved, according to <strong>Geo News<\/strong>, which reports the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has pledged full support for Bangladesh\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development follows a meeting in which Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officials reiterated to ICC representatives that they would not send the national team to India. Pakistan, which has previously indicated interest in hosting Bangladesh\u2019s World Cup matches, has now \u201creconsidered\u201d its own participation should the ICC proceed with Bangladesh\u2019s games on Indian soil, the Pakistani outlet reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geo News also claimed Bangladesh\u2019s government has contacted Pakistan\u2019s government about the issue, though neither the BCB nor Dhaka has publicly commented. Citing government sources, the report says Pakistan views Bangladesh\u2019s demand as reasonable and has hinted it could take a move that would \u201csurprise everyone\u201d if the request is denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relations between the two boards have drawn closer since August 5, 2024, with the PCB increasingly positioning itself as a key ally of the BCB in global cricket forums. The ICC has not yet announced any decision regarding potential venue changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan is weighing a withdrawal from the Men\u2019s T20 World Cup if Bangladesh\u2019s request to shift its fixtures out of India is not approved, according to Geo News, which reports the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has pledged full support for Bangladesh\u2019s stance. The development follows a meeting in which Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officials reiterated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7084,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075\/revisions\/7084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}