India, Feb. 21 -- The chatter around the upcoming edition of the Hundred has now reached the T20 World Cup. For the past two days, several reports have been doing the rounds, claiming that the four teams in the competition, which have some sort of Indian investment, wouldn't be picking up any players from Pakistan, and the status quo would remain just like the Indian Premier League (IPL), UAE's ILT20 and South Africa's A20. The Pakistan players have not been picked in the IPL since 2009, while no teams owned by IPL franchises have picked Pakistan players in the ILT20 or SA20 in the last few years.

63 Pakistan players have indeed signed up for the Hundred auction, set to take place in March 2026, but no one knows whether the Indian owners...