Bhubaneswar, Feb. 7 -- Pakistan may be preparing to rethink its stance on not playing India in the T20 World Cup, following a formal appeal from Sri Lanka Cricket highlighting the financial and reputational fallout of scrapping the marquee clash.

Sources indicate that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to approach the government again after Sri Lanka urged it to reconsider the decision to boycott the February 15 India-Pakistan encounter scheduled in Colombo. While Islamabad has cleared Pakistan's participation in the tournament, it had earlier barred the team from facing India - a move that threatens to significantly dent the tournament's commercial value.

In its communication to the PCB, Sri Lanka Cricket warned that the absenc...