India, Feb. 10 -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajeev Shukla finally responded on Tuesday to Pakistan's U-turn on not playing arch-rival India in the T20 World Cup 2026 on February 15 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. On Monday night, the Government of Pakistan reversed its own decision, saying the team would now take the field. The decision followed the ICC's confirmation that no sanctions would be imposed on the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for not travelling to India to participate in the 20-team competition.

On Sunday, the two-member ICC delegation met PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi and BCB head Aminul Islam at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, and it was then that some demands were put to the apex body...