Sri Lanka Cricket Board’s message to PCB (Photo-GETTY)
T20 World Cup: Clouds of crisis are looming over the competition between India and Pakistan. Pakistan has refused to play this match to be held on 15th February. The entire cricket world will have to bear the loss due to this, and the host Sri Lanka is going to suffer a big loss due to this. Sri Lanka Cricket Board has sent an official e-mail to PCB on this issue in which it told what losses Sri Lanka is facing due to Pakistan’s decision.
Sri Lanka emailed PCB
According to Sri Lankan media report, the T20 World Cup host Sri Lanka Cricket Board has written an e-mail to the Pakistan Cricket Board saying that if the India-Pakistan match does not take place, it will cause a terrible loss to Sri Lanka. It has been said in the e-mail that all necessary preparations for the match had been made. But now due to the clouds of crisis over this match, hotel bookings are being canceled on a large scale in Colombo, due to which the local tourism industry is being badly affected. The Sri Lanka Cricket Board told the PCB that it has always helped Pakistan in difficult times and that it should once again reconsider its decision of not playing the match against India.
The hosts of the T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), have written to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) expressing concerns over significant financial setbacks caused by Pakistan’s reported decision to skip the India-Pakistan clash scheduled in Colombo. The communication points
— Nibraz Ramzan (@nibraz88cricket) February 5, 2026
Bangladesh also expressed concern
Due to Bangladesh’s exclusion, Pakistan is talking about boycotting this match, its cricket board BCB only wants the India-Pakistan match. A BCB official said while talking to the media that if this match does not take place, it will cause terrible loss to all the cricket boards of the world. BCB will be badly hurt and it will be difficult for them to recover from it. PCB will also be in bad shape after not playing this match. Broadcasters can file a case against PCB and ICC can also give severe punishment to Pakistan. It is possible that the PSL to be held in Pakistan may also have to be canceled because ICC may direct all the boards not to give NOC to their players. Now it remains to be seen what decision the Pakistan Cricket Board takes.