The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has begun working on alternate plans to find a replacement for Afghanistan in the upcoming T20 tri-series at home, as their participation is reportedly in doubt amid military conflict between the two countries.

The triangular series, also involving Sri Lanka, is scheduled to be held from November 17-29.

"The PCB chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, has asked the International Cricket Council to start working on an alternate plan as he wants the Tri-Series to go ahead," a source told PTI.

Before they participated in the Tri-Series with Afghanistan and Pakistan, Sri Lanka had also been asked by the PCB to play three Twenty20 international matches between November 11 and 15.

Remarkably, the boards of Sri Lanka and Pakistan are also in negotiations for a hastily scheduled three-match Twenty20 series in Colombo from January 1–10.

If this series is finalized, PCB will be in hot soup with Cricket Australia, as many Pakistani players have signed for the Big Bash after being assured that they would be given NOCs for the whole tournament, which is scheduled in December and January.

Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Hassan Khan, Haris Rauf, and Hasan Ali were all signed up by Big Bash teams, with Babar, Rizwan, and Shaheen set to make their first appearances in the T20 league.

"Obviously, if the series with Sri Lanka is finalised, then either the selectors play without these players or the duration of their NOCs will have to be reconsidered by the PCB, meaning a disagreement with Cricket Australia," the source said.

Another source revealed that CA officials have conveyed to the PCB that their teams have already spent a lot of money to get Pakistani players signed for the BBL tournament.

Pakistan's sole high-profile white ball series before the ICC World T20 Cup takes place in January, when Australia visits the country for three One-Day Internationals and as many T20 Internationals.

(PTI inputs)