Oh I’m not criticising Bangladesh.
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South Africa - spurs serial botttlers
India - Man City…throwing their money and power about
Australia - Liverpool (most successful)
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Yeah you could go that way also. SA though did win the WTC but it is really only a bit of tongue in cheek.
Yeah that’s like Spurs winning the Europa league
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Talking about Everton again
The whole bit of naqvi running away with the trophy , the boycott episode , performing badly in the tournament , and then this.
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So even players such as Farhan get hit, despite his strong showing throughout the tournament. Why not just have performance-related bonuses and withold them instead?
Pakistan could have possibly done better if Naqvi didn’t create the drama.
As always, the players are kept under unnatural pressure and then thrown to the wolves when they aren’t performing
It’s not fair for their media to hype their players up to this extent as well. Someone like Farhan hits a couple of 6s against Bumrah and there’s some documentary about him released
Some context here, please if you will. What did Naqvi do?
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The full timeline of Pakistan cricket and Mohsin Naqvi from the time of Asia Cup 2025 to the icc world T20 including the events where he coerced Bangladesh to withdraw and then left watching the icc match between India and Pakistan in the middle and culminating in him fining the Pakistani cricketers.
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The period between the Asia Cup 2025 and the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has been a turbulent era for Pakistan cricket under the leadership of Mohsin Naqvi , who currently serves as both the PCB Chairman and Pakistan’s Interior Minister.
Below is the full timeline of events based on the reported details:
Asia Cup 2025 (September 2025)
- Neutral Venue Conflict: Despite Mohsin Naqvi serving as the President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) , India refused to travel to Pakistan. The tournament was moved to a neutral setting in the UAE (September 9–28).
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- Tournament Outcome: Pakistan reached the final but lost to India. Notably, a trend of no handshakes between Indian and Pakistani players began during this tournament due to heightened political tensions.
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- The Trophy Incident: Following the final, Indian players reportedly refused to accept the trophy from Naqvi, leading him to have it placed in the ACC office instead.
The T20 World Cup Boycott Controversy (January – February 2026)
- The Bangladesh “Coercion” Allegations: In early 2026, Bangladesh refused to play their T20 World Cup matches in India, citing security concerns after the BCCI excluded pacer Mustafizur Rahman from the IPL.
- The “Trap”: Former BCB officials later alleged that Mohsin Naqvi influenced or “misled” the “naive” BCB President Aminul Islam into a boycott. Naqvi reportedly encouraged Bangladesh to demand a relocation of their matches to Sri Lanka (matching Pakistan’s arrangement).
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- Disqualification: The ICC rejected Bangladesh’s demand and replaced them with Scotland .
- The U-Turn: Initially, Naqvi slammed the ICC for “double standards” and threatened a Pakistan boycott in solidarity with Bangladesh. However, reports surfaced that Naqvi privately requested Bangladesh to issue a “formal appeal” to him to play, providing Pakistan a “respectable way of wriggling out” of their own boycott threat.
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (February 2026)
- The India-Pakistan Clash (February 15): The high-stakes match took place at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- The Early Exit: As Pakistan’s batting line-up collapsed while chasing India’s 175, Mohsin Naqvi was seen leaving the stadium before the match had officially concluded. His early departure, caught on video, was widely interpreted as a sign of frustration with the team’s performance.
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- Result: India defeated Pakistan by 61 runs .
The Aftermath: Fines and Penalties (March 2026)
- Unprecedented Fines: Following Pakistan’s exit from the tournament in the Super 8 stage (due to a poor net run rate compared to New Zealand), Naqvi and the PCB took a hardline stance.
- Salary Deductions: In a first for international cricket, the PCB imposed a heavy fine of PKR 50 lakh (5 million rupees) on every member of the World Cup squad for underperforming.
- Board Sentiment: PCB officials stated that “enough pampering has been done” and that while players are rewarded for wins, they must now face financial consequences for repeated failures in ICC events.
I asked Gemini to type this. Just giving heads up.
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The point is that naqvi put the players under unbelievable pressure and then is making them scapegoats when they inevitably fail.
I don’t agree with what the BCCI has done either. Whether it be the no handshake policy or removing the Bangladeshi player from the IPL. Just wish both the countries would just continue to ignore each other and focus on themselves. I do hope this is the last India-Pak match for a while and the ICC (Which is not blameless in this) just places them in different groups. Trying to milk money by maximizing matches between two teams is just not worth it.
And if relations between India and Bangladesh stabilize (which they might do after the new government), It’s going to be the PCB looking very very isolated. Which a sport like Cricket with a limited following (in terms of the countries playing it) can ill afford.
Have South Africa peaked too early? NZ well and truly on top here.
I bet NZ win the whole thing…
Better tip India as well having tipped everyone else.
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Even if India win their semifinals, they are playing those finals in that idiotic gujju stadium. At which point I’ll hope they definitely lose.
I’m tipping Australia to surprisingly not make the final
Surely I’d get pretty good odds, yeah?
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Didn’t even make the super 8 which is slightly confusingly 2 groups of four.
They must have been given a bye straight to the semi-finals…right?
They got their game washed out.