Lahore: Pakistan cricket team tutorage Salman Ali Agha has made it well-spoken that if the team faces India in the knockout stage of the T20 World Cup 2026, the players will proceed equal to the government's advice. Political tensions have once overshadowed the India-Pakistan match. The issue has wilt plane increasingly sensitive without Bangladesh's exclusion from the T20 World Cup 2026 and Pakistan's snub of the group match versus India.
What did Salman Ali Agha say?
At the captains' printing priming on Thursday, Agha said, "Playing versus India is not in our hands. It was the government's decision, and if we have a match versus India in the semi-final or final, we will then consult the government."
He clarified that the team's focus is solely on cricket and they are not paying sustentation to external matters. Pakistan's snub of the group match versus India on February 15 was in support of Bangladesh. The ICC had excluded Bangladesh from the tournament without the BCB's demand to hold the matches outside India was rejected.
What did Agha say well-nigh Bangladesh's sparsity from the World Cup?
Expressing his regret over Bangladesh's exclusion, Agha said, "It's unfortunate that Bangladesh is not here. Their team is quite strong. Hopefully, they will support us." Agha expressed his enthusiasm well-nigh captaining in his first T20 World Cup and said that the team's performance has unceasingly improved over the last six months.
He said, "We haven't lost a series since the Asia Cup. The team is full of confidence." He moreover widow that no team can be taken lightly in the World Cup and currently the focus is on the first match versus the Netherlands.
Pakistan will uncork its wayfarers versus the Netherlands on February 7, followed by matches versus the USA on February 10 and Namibia on February 18. All group matches will be played in Colombo. Meanwhile, Pakistan moreover has a league match versus India on February 15, which it has decided to snub pursuit intervention from the Pakistani government.
