In the T20 World Cup 2026, the Pakistani team remains in the headlines due to the drama of Boycott and then its performance. However, somehow he has made it to the Super-8 round. But Pakistani players are constantly in the news for some reason or the other. Now a new case has come from England’s cricket league ‘The Hundred’, whose 4 franchises are claiming to have imposed an undeclared ban on Pakistani players. Despite this possible ban, about 63 players from Pakistan have registered to participate in this league.
After IPL and PSL, now for the first time, auction of players is going to be held in ‘The Hundred’ league also. Everyone’s eyes are on this auction to be held in March because for the first time in this league, players will be bought in this way. This auction is also going to be special because this time 4 out of 8 franchises of the league are owned by Indian business houses, who also own different franchises of IPL. It is being claimed that these four franchises will not bid for any Pakistani player.
How many Pakistani players in the auction?
There has been a lot of stir since this report from the English media and the England Cricket Board is being cornered regarding this decision. But despite this, dozens of Pakistani players have registered themselves for the auction. According to the report of Cricbuzz, a total of 63 Pakistani players including fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, all-rounders Shadab Khan and Sam Ayub and spinner Usman Tariq have submitted their claims for the auction. However, stars like Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are not included in it because when this tournament takes place in July, the Pakistani team will be busy in the Test series.
These 4 Indian franchises in The Hundred
Now the question is that due to the undeclared ban on Pakistani players of 4 franchises, how many of them will have luck. However, in this matter, no official statement has yet come from the England Cricket Board nor has any franchise given any response. Let us tell you that the owners of Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants have bought major stakes in the franchises of London (Oval), Manchester, Southampton and Leeds in The Hundred.