The Pakistan Cricket Board, headed by Mohsin Naqvi, just made a surprising move—they’ve asked the ICC if they can host Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup matches in 2026.
This comes right after Bangladesh flat-out refused to play their matches in India because of rising tensions between the two countries.
PCB Offers to Host Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup 2026 Matches
Fans probably didn’t see this coming. According to Geo News, the PCB reached out to the ICC and said they’re ready to step in for Bangladesh’s World Cup games.
So far, neither the PCB nor the ICC has officially said anything about this, so everyone’s still waiting for some confirmation.
Sources inside the PCB told Geo Super on Sunday that the board is eager to host the matches if Sri Lanka can’t. “
All our venues are ready for World Cup games,” they said, pointing out that Pakistan has already pulled off big ICC events like the Champions Trophy 2025 and the ICC Women’s Qualifier. In their view, hosting Bangladesh’s games wouldn’t be a problem at all.
India-Bangladesh Tensions Spill Into T20 World Cup 2026 Venue Dispute
The bad blood between Bangladesh and Indian cricket just seems to keep growing. Bangladesh recently banned an Indian presenter from the BPL. On top of that, the BCCI dropped Mustafizur Rahman, a Bangladeshi fast bowler, from the IPL 2026, instructing KKR to release him and letting them pick a replacement if they wanted.
“Given everything that’s going on, we’ve told KKR to release Mustafizur Rahman,” BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia told ANI.
Bangladesh didn’t wait to hit back. The Bangladesh Cricket Board quickly announced that their national team won’t be travelling to India for the 2026 T20 World Cup.
They also asked the ICC to move their matches to a neutral venue. Since then, the ICC, BCCI, and BCB have held a flurry of meetings, but no one has given any official updates yet. Right now, the whole situation is still up in the air.
