Pakistan’s hypocrisy exposed to the worldImage Credit source: PTI
It is rare that the Pakistani team or the Pakistan Cricket Board does not create any drama before any major tournament. This has been seen once again but this time Pakistan has decided to hijack the entire tournament. PCB has boycotted the match against India in T20 World Cup 2026. This decision of the Pakistani board has created a ruckus coming so close to the tournament. But this one decision has also exposed the shamelessness and hypocrisy of the Pakistani board to the world.
Just 6 days before the T20 World Cup starting from 7th February, Pakistan announced to play in the tournament but at the same time the most important, most popular and most profitable matches of the tournament, india vs pakistanAlso decided to boycott . The Pakistani board cited the order of the country’s government as the reason for this decision. This decision of Pakistan has come as support for Bangladesh’s exit from the T20 World Cup. But when the Pakistani board took this decision, one of their own teams was facing India.
The team was losing here, boycotted there
Yes, Pakistan announced not to play the T20 World Cup match against India on the evening of Sunday 1 February. Coincidentally, during this time, India and Pakistan were competing in another ICC tournament. At the time when the official statement of the Pakistan government came, the Super-6 match was being played between India and Pakistan in the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2026 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The Pakistani team was on the verge of defeat at that time and in the end the same thing happened.
Obviously, questions started being raised on such hypocrisy of Pakistan because if it did not have to play the T20 World Cup match against India then why did it step on the field against India in the Under-19 World Cup. Did Pakistan play this match because the semi-final place was at stake for it? If this is the case, will PCB boycott the T20 World Cup even if India-Pakistan match is held in the semi-final or final match?
Pakistan out of U19 World Cup
As far as the Under-19 World Cup match is concerned, the result was as expected. Pakistan needed to defeat India by a big margin to reach the semi-finals. But leave alone a big margin, Pakistan did not even get a win and with the defeat by 58 runs, the Pakistani Under-19 team was out of the tournament. On the other hand, the condition of Pakistan’s senior team was also expected to be similar, if it had not boycotted the match. From T20 World Cup 2024 till now, India has defeated Pakistan in 4 consecutive T20 matches, whereas in the history of T20 World Cup, India has defeated Pakistan 7 times, while facing defeat only once.