Pakistan Allows Team to Play India at T20 WC After U-Turn

Pakistan's U-turn on boycotting India at the T20 World Cup is now official. In a notification issued late on Monday night, the Pakistan government allowed its cricket team to take the field against India on February 15 in the T20 World Cup, which means the match will go ahead as per the original schedule. The statement ends days of speculation on whether the "costliest cricket match in the world", with some reports valuing it at over Rs 4,000 crore, would happen or not. The development came a day after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), and the International Cricket Council (ICC) met in Lahore.