The ICC Board Meeting will take place on the sidelines of the IPL 2026 final in Ahmedabad on May 31.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi will not travel to Ahmedabad to witness the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on May 31. Instead, he will attend the ICC Board Meeting, which will take place on the sidelines of the T20 tournament's summit clash.
According to PTI’s Bharat Sharma, Naqvi will join the ICC Board of Directors meeting through video conference. He is one of three board members who will log in remotely.
“PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi has not been invited for the IPL final, he is one of three board members who will attend the ICC meeting virtually,” Bharat wrote on X.
The PCB chief will utilize a standard ICC constitutional provision that allows representatives to attend the meeting virtually if they face travel constraints.
The quarterly ICC conference was originally slotted to take place in Doha, but had to be shifted to India due to the ongoing geopolitical crisis in West Asia.
Contrary to reports in the Pakistani media, the BCCI never sent an invitation to Mohsin Naqvi for the IPL 2026 final. If he had come to India, it would have been exclusively for the ICC board meeting.
The ICC Board of Directors meeting in Doha was intended to address several pivotal issues for the sport, including global broadcasting rights, future tours programme and the Olympics 2028.
“The meetings will bring together ICC Board Directors, Chief Executives, Committee Members and senior leadership as part of the organisation’s ongoing governance calendar, providing an important opportunity to deliberate over key matters pertaining to the present and future of the global game,” the ICC had stated in an official release.
“The decision to stage the meetings in Doha reflects the ICC’s growing engagement with cricket in Qatar and the country’s wider sporting ecosystem. The ICC's support of and collaboration with the Qatar Cricket Association and Olympic Committee, Cricket in Qatar has fuelled remarkable progress for the sport in recent years,” the release added.