Cricket Scotland was notified of their eleventh-hour inclusion in the Men’s 2026 T20 World Cup last Saturday by the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) chief executive, Sanjog Gupta, only a week before the official deadline for all 20 teams to reveal their squads for the showpiece event. Scotland, were effectively the 21st team to enter the World Cup, after Bangladesh, who had previously revealed their squad pulled out out after the ongoing tensions with co-hosts India last week. Within 48 hours, they have named their squad with 38-year-old Richie Berrington set to lead the team in their seventh World Cup appearance. There have been questions over how Scotland qualified for the tournament over Jersey, who had finished above them in the European qualifiers. But with the T20I rankings being taken into consideration, the 14th-ranked Scotland invited to the 20-team event, starting February 7. Downplaying those criticisms in a chat with ESPNcricinfo, Cricket Scotland’s chief executive from Australia, Trudy Lindblade, said: “All we know is that we have been invited to participate in the World Cup. We …