{"id":363,"date":"2026-02-03T06:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2026-02-03T06:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:53:23","slug":"pakistan-bears-the-brunt-in-t-20-word-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Bears the Brunt. In T-20 Word Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pakistan Bears the Brunt. In T-20 Word Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Patiala &#8211; 3rd February Navneet Bansal News Room) The India v\/s Pakistan match is normally the most lucrative game in any World Cup, generating huge global viewership, ad revenue and sponsorship value. Pakistan (PCB) could face a lot of Problems because it is withdrawing from (boycotting) the ICC T20 World Cup match against India (scheduled for 15 Feb 2026). Pakistan currently receives about $34.5 million (\u20b9312 Crore) annually from ICC annual revenue distributions tied to media rights. The ICC may with hold or reduce this share as a penalty, costing the PCB a large chunk of this income. Pakistan will forfeit the match \u2014 India gets the points and Pakistan\u2019s Net Run Rate (NRR) takes a big hit, hurting qualification chances. Even if Pakistan still makes Super 8s (depending on results) a for feit adds negative competitive consequences.<\/p>\n<p>*Who loses what?*<\/p>\n<p>International Cricket Council (ICC)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Loss of key match revenue &amp; brand value<br \/>\n\u2022 Broadcasters &amp; sponsors<br \/>\n\u2022 Ad revenue losses possible refunds\/liabilities<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan Board (PCB)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 ICC beyond financial loss&amp; broader\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0penalties including:<br \/>\n\u2022 Restrictions on PCB\u2019s future revenue or\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0participation in ICC events.<br \/>\n\u2022 Limits on players\u2019 eligibility in global\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 leagues (e.g., PSL foreign player NOCs).<br \/>\n\u2022 Suspension or exclusion from future\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 bilateral\/multilateral events.<\/p>\n<p>Indian board (BCCI)<br \/>\nLess direct financial hit but commercial partners affected<\/p>\n<p>The India-Pakistan T20 contest is conservatively valued at USD 500 million (Rs 4,500 crore) when broadcast rights, advertising premiums, sponsorship activations, ticketing, and downstream commercial activity like legal betting and all other are taken together.<br \/>\nWhat lies ahead is completely uncalled for and unfortunate, and this decision certainly sets an unhealthy precedent for the future of the game of Cricket.The biggest sufferers will be crores of cricket fans like me, who were hoping to witness yet another thrilling contest between these two traditional rivals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Bears the Brunt. In T-20 Word Cup (Patiala &#8211; 3rd February Navneet Bansal News Room) The India v\/s Pakistan match is normally the most lucrative game in any World Cup, generating huge global viewership, ad revenue and sponsorship value. Pakistan (PCB) could face a lot of Problems because it is withdrawing from (boycotting) the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions\/365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroom7.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}