Assertion–Reason (Tournament Participation):\nAssertion (A): Pakistan’s national cricket team did not participate in the tournament.\nReason (R): Pakistan does not have enough cricket players.

Introduction / Context:
This item probes logical sufficiency of an alleged reason for a team’s non-participation. Elite national teams generally have ample players; withdrawal or absence usually stems from other reasons.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• A: The team did not participate in a given tournament.
• R: The country “does not have enough cricket players.”
• Background: National cricket systems maintain deep player pools; shortages at the elite level are extremely unlikely.

Concept / Approach:
Assess each statement separately. Then decide if R plausibly explains A. Real-world non-participation is typically due to scheduling conflicts, diplomatic/administrative issues, security concerns, sanctions, or qualification criteria—not a lack of players.

Step-by-Step Solution:
1) Treat A as a premise that could be true for a specific event.2) R posits an implausible cause; national sides have abundant players from domestic circuits.3) Hence, even if A is true for that event, R is false as a general explanatory claim. Therefore the correct pattern is: A true, R false.

Verification / Alternative check:
Historical cases of withdrawal or absence cite eligibility, logistics, politics, security, or administrative reasons—not inability to field a squad.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
(a) and (b) assume R is true; (d) flips the truth values; “None” is unnecessary.

Common Pitfalls:
Accepting any post-hoc reason as plausible without checking domain realities (depth charts, domestic leagues).

Final Answer:
(A) is true, but (R) is false.