NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has declined an invitation from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to participate in a triangular T20 series in December alongside Sri Lanka.
A PCB official stated that while the BCB intended the tri-series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka as a warm-up for next year's T20 World Cup, the PCB opted out to better manage its players' workload.
"As it is, we have already allowed Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan NOCs for them to take part in the Big Bash league in Australia in December-January while some other players like Fakhar Zaman are appearing in the Emirates International League," he added.
He said that though Pakistan didn't have any international commitments in December and January but a decision was already taken to allow players to take part in some leagues specially the Big Bash.
He said Cricket Australia had wanted the availability of Pakistani players for the duration of the Big Bash when the NOCs were issued to the players.
He also pointed out that from February onwards Pakistan team has a heavy workload throughout 2026 with a number of test series of the World Test Championship and also the Pakistan Super League.
(With PTI Inputs)
