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It states that ICC has banned Pakistan cricket for a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The document states that it was decided through a vote that Pakistan cricket be banned, and other penalties like a reduction of annual revenue share be imposed on them. Besides, Pakistan will also not be allowed to host any ICC tournaments till 2040.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An X user named Bemba Tavuma (@gaandfaadtits) shared the purported media release. He subsequently deleted it, but not before it garnered close to 1 million views<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Gd9Fg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-310068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-07-180017-467x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-07-180017-467x1024.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-07-180017-137x300.jpg 137w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-07-180017.jpg 603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The same image was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1289424336543941&amp;set=a.401772031975847\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by an account named Inspired Analyst. It has had over 10,000 likes and 270 shares. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260205084715\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1289424336543941&amp;set=a.401772031975847&amp;id=100064291616143\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspiredanalyst\/posts\/pfbid02XYmhMc87iQdXqLBWXZ2iyDu2XWiWaiYumr5c8NeGbjvdnGHjfUBugMG6AQi1nKwdl\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspiredanalyst\/posts\/1289424416543933\"><p>\ud83d\udea8 ICC HAS BANNED PAKISTAN CRICKET BOARD FOR ONE YEAR \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In a meeting of ICC board members regarding Pakistan\u2019s World&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspiredanalyst\">Inspired Analyst<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspiredanalyst\/posts\/1289424416543933\">Tuesday 3 February 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The &#8216;ICC media release&#8217; is viral on Instagram as well. It was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUSvu03E4BV\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted on Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by a user named &#8216;worldinlast24hr&#8217; (wordinlast24hr<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TM<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), who has over 18,200 followers.\u00a0 The post has had over 7,9000 likes. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/aUCoQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUSvu03E4BV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center;white-space: nowrap\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUSvu03E4BV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by worldinlast24hr\u2122 (@worldinlast24hr)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To begin with, we looked for media reports on the action taken by the cricketing body against Pakistan, but could not find a single report by any reputable media outlet that said that the country had been banned.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We also combed through ICC&#8217;s official website and social media handles. No such announcement was shared there either.<\/p>\n<p>We did, however, find<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/media-releases\/icc-statement-on-icc-men-s-t20-world-cup-2026\"> press release<\/a> on the ICC website dated February 1, 2026, regarding Pakistan&#8217;s participation in the ICC Men\u2019s T20 Cricket World Cup. In the said statement, ICC <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">raised concerns about the Pakistan government\u2019s suggestion that the team might not fully participate in the T20 World Cup 2026, and asserted that selective participation went against the spirit of competition and could damage the credibility of the tournament. While ICC acknowledged the government&#8217;s roles and decisions on national policy, it also said that such decisions might not be a good move for international cricket, fans around the world and in Pakistan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ICC also mentioned that they were awaiting an official confirmation from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and urged the PCB to find a mutually acceptable resolution that protected the interests of all stakeholders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is nothing in the media release on a ban or revenue cut or Pakistan being disbarred from hosting tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>We noticed that the viral image, or the supposed media release had a logo on the top right corner which was partially cut. When we examined it carefully, we noticed that it had Doordarshan&#8217;s symbol.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-310085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-FI-Kit-49-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-FI-Kit-49-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-FI-Kit-49-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-FI-Kit-49-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-FI-Kit-49.jpg 1113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We then went through social media handles of DD Sports and found a post on its Facebook page, which appeared to have been edited to create the fake media release. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260205093043\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1320463460126729&amp;set=a.592474082925674\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Doordarshansports\/posts\/pfbid0kPavzFxLU67oVx8oWZm9rg6BCU5kLZsXLqAfeepGocvRWtU8y8bmDB2ho1UtymmZl\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Doordarshansports\/posts\/1320463570126718\"><p>The International Cricket Council has released a statement regarding Pakistan\u2019s decision to boycott their Group A stage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Doordarshansports\">DD SPORTS<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Doordarshansports\/posts\/1320463570126718\">Sunday, February 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, the viral ICC &#8216;media release&#8217; announcing punitive measures against Pakistan cricket board, including a one-year ban, is fake.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the controversy over Bangladesh pulling out of the ICC Men&#8217;s T20 Cricket World Cup and Pakistan refusing to play against India, a supposed media release by the International Cricket Council (ICC) has gone viral on social media. 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