India, Feb. 10 -- After a day of frenzied press releases through Monday evening, the showpiece India-Pakistan clash was officially back on, with Colombo set to buzz on Sunday as it hosts the much-awaited Group A encounter. However, former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Hafeez laid the blame squarely on the International Cricket Council (ICC) for triggering the chaos around world cricket's commercial centrepiece, which had nearly culminated in Pakistan formally boycotting the match. Hafeez demanded accountability over what he described as the ICC's mishandling of the Bangladesh situation.

The turmoil stemmed from the ICC's decision to remove Bangladesh from the T20 World Cup. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) failed to secure government cle...