The cricketing world may be buzzing with excitement over a potential World Club T20 Championship. But according to sources familiar with the matter, it’s still too early to jump to conclusions – especially about any team being left out.
No Green Light Yet
Contrary to recent rumours, no official decision has been made about launching a global T20 tournament featuring domestic league champions. More importantly, Pakistan’s PSL champions haven’t been excluded, because there’s no confirmed tournament to be excluded from in the first place.
“There has been no decision to hold a tournament involving T20 league-winning teams. Therefore, the question of excluding Pakistan doesn’t arise,” said a source close to the matter.
No Talk of the Tournament in Recent Meetings
Rumours had picked up steam after reports suggested that Lahore Qalandars. The reigning PSL 2025 champions, had been snubbed from a five-team event. But insiders have now labelled these claims as “baseless” and entirely speculative.
In fact, recent cricket meetings in England, which some believed would host discussions on the proposed World Club T20 Championship, reportedly had no mention of such a championship on the agenda. Furthermore, neither PSL nor IPL representatives were even present at the gatherings.
“The subject was not on the agenda. Moreover, no representatives from either the PSL or the IPL attended those meetings,” the source confirmed.
ICC Holds the Reins
Any global T20 event of this nature would fall under the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) jurisdiction. And as things stand, the ICC has made no formal announcements, nor taken any steps to initiate a new World Club T20 tournament.
“Since no such event is currently in the pipeline, speculation about Pakistan’s exclusion is both premature and unfounded,” added the source.
For the unversed, the idea of pitting the world’s top T20 franchises against each other isn’t new. Fans will remember the Champions League T20 (CLT20), a high-profile tournament held between 2009 and 2015. That event, while exciting in concept, failed to find consistent commercial success and was shelved after six editions.
In today’s T20 landscape, however, things have evolved dramatically. Countries like India, Pakistan, England, Australia, South Africa, the West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, the UAE, and even the USA, all host flourishing domestic T20 leagues. The global appetite for franchise cricket has never been stronger.
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