00:00Some breaking news, this is regarding the upcoming T20 World Cup.
00:03Now, the ICC has replaced Bangladesh with Scotland and Pakistan now sees red.
00:09And meanwhile, the ICC has also warned the Pakistan Cricket Board over T20 pullout threat.
00:15As per sources, ICC has given an ultimatum to Pakistan over the threats.
00:20And ICC may impose sanctions on Pakistan Cricket Board,
00:24given the threats that they have been receiving from Pakistan after the removal of Bangladesh from the T20 World Cup.
00:32ICC has told Pakistan that they need to stop threatening the ICC or they must face sanctions.
00:39So, no NOCs, no series for Pakistan.
00:42This is the ultimatum from the ICC for the Pakistan Cricket Board.
00:46Remember, Bangladesh was removed from the T20 World Cup after they requested that there should be a neutral venue
00:53and that they won't be playing in India, after which ICC removed Bangladesh from the T20 World Cup.
01:00And it was replaced by Scotland, after which Pakistan came out in support of Bangladesh
01:04and also said that they will also think about playing in the T20 World Cup,
01:10after which now ICC has given an ultimatum to Pakistan Cricket Board.
01:15And as per sources, we're learning that Pakistan Cricket will be on the verge of extinction
01:21if it chose to pull out of the T20 World Cup.
01:24As per sources, ICC will be imposing never-before sanctions that will have a long-lasting, destructive impact
01:32on the Pakistan Cricket Board, which includes no permissions to foreign players to play in BSL,
01:37which is Pakistan's domestic cricket league, and revenue loss of unimaginable proportion for Pakistan,
01:46no recognition to PSL, no Asia Cup, and no bilateral series with any country for Pakistan.
01:53So, these are the sanctions that can be expected if Pakistan decides to pull out of the T20 World Cup.
02:00So, ICC has given an ultimatum to Pakistan that there will be strict sanctions
02:10if it decides to pull out of the T20 World Cup.
02:15And my colleague Vikrant Gupta is now joining us with more details on the story.
02:19Vikrant, can the Pakistan Cricket Board really afford to pull out of the T20 World Cup,
02:26given the kind of sanctions that could be imposed, which could be destructive for the Pakistani cricket?
02:34Anjali, they can't. Honestly, they can't.
02:37Even if the ICC had not leaked the information that was sent out to the Pakistan Cricket Board,
02:45even then, Pakistan has no right, no alibi to boycott the world.
02:50So, the moment they do that, the cricket is finished.
02:53See, Bangladesh and Pakistan are two different things.
02:56Bangladesh still had a reason.
03:00Their logic was they didn't want to come to India because of security,
03:03and then they stuck to that stand, and then they were thrown out of the World Cup.
03:08Pakistan doesn't have any alibi.
03:10They can't just say, oh, my friend's not been invited to the ICC World Cup, I will also not come.
03:16So, I don't know what sanctions are we talking about.
03:19But I don't think bilateral cricket with Pakistan will be affected for the country.
03:25But definitely, the member boards will reject NOCs for the BSL, the Pakistan Super League.
03:32So, their players will be left without any league.
03:35They will not get their revenue from the ICC, and other than that, there could be isolation in terms of cricket for Pakistan in times to come.
03:45So, I don't think Pakistan is going to do that.
03:47It's just that this is posturing.
03:49It's a strategic move.
03:51They are showing Bangladesh that they are the new ally in geopolitics.
03:56Bangladesh was always an ally of India in cricket, in politics, and they were not very close to the Pakistanis.
04:04So, what is happening is Pakistan sees that as a vacuum in terms of cricket, in terms of geopolitics,
04:11and they're just showing the Bangladeshis that they're standing with them.
04:14So, by the time there are new elections and the new government in Bangladesh, they will gravitate towards Pakistan.
04:20I think that's what Pakistan is trying to do.
04:23Mohsin Nakwe, if you remember, in the Asia Cup, where he was also the chairman of the Asian Cricket Council,
04:29said that his team was going to boycott a match and a tournament.
04:34But subsequently, he had to reach on his threat.
04:39So, the Pakistanis played that tournament.
04:40It's not so easy to pull off an ICC tournament.
04:44So, this drama will continue for the next few days.
04:46Shahbaz Sharif, once he's back in Pakistan, he will meet Mohsin Nakwe.
04:52Mohsin Nakwe will come out, and he will say that the Prime Minister has authorized him to pull out of the ICC World Cup.
04:58This will go on for the next two, three days.
05:00But ultimately, come the 2nd or the 3rd of February, Pakistan will be in Sri Lanka for the World Cup.
05:06All right, Vikran, thank you so much for all those details and for that context.
05:09So, it's not easy to pull out of an ICC event.
05:12And with this ultimatum from the ICC, what we are learning, as per sources, it becomes even more difficult.
05:18And Pakistan cricket board can definitely not afford this total isolation.
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