India, Feb. 10 -- After weeks of chaos, a five-hour-long meeting in Lahore and a day of frenzied statements, the commercial centrepiece of the 2026 T20 World Cup, India vs Pakistan, is officially back on the table and will go ahead as scheduled on February 15 in Colombo. The confirmation came late on Monday evening after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gave the green signal for the team's participation in the Group A match, shortly after the ICC shared an update on its Lahore meeting with PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi. The meeting was also attended by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam.

The growing optimism around a possible Pakistan U-turn turned into confirmation over the course of Monday evening. Earlier, Naqvi a...