What’s Worldwide Cricket Council’s (ICC) position within the present mess that the 2025 Champions Trophy finds itself in? Now, questions are being raised by insiders too. After India’s stance to not journey to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been steadfast in its stance to not conform to a hybrid mannequin of internet hosting. The state of affairs is such that there are clouds over the Champions Trophy 2025 itself.
Within the midst of this, Cricbuzz stated {that a} ‘key official’ advised the publication that the ICC might have been extra proactive.
The publication additionally gave an in depth motive. India haven’t been travelling to Pakistan, because of diplomatic points, for a very long time now. When the Champions Trophy schedule was shared with all, and nicely upfront, no one raised an objection. Cricbuzz additionally stated, no formal issues had been raised by the BCCI concerning the Champions Trophy within the 12 ICC Board conferences since then.
The PCB on Sunday had confirmed that it obtained an electronic mail from the ICC that India declined to journey to the neighbouring nation.
India haven’t travelled to Pakistan for the reason that 2008 Mumbai terror strikes. The 2 groups compete towards one another solely in ICC tournaments.
ICC, the sport’s international governing physique, has obtained a letter from the Pakistan Cricket Board, asking for a written affirmation from the BCCI for India’s lack of ability to journey to Pakistan for the event.
The PCB has conveyed to the ICC that safety shouldn’t be a problem within the nation which efficiently hosted England and New Zealand just lately and promised the identical for the Champions Trophy.
It remained steadfast on its stand to not have the occasion in hybrid mannequin, just like the final 12 months’s Asia Cup when India’s matches had been held in Sri Lanka.
The ICC is but to answer the PCB and was discussing the schedule with the taking part groups.
The PTI has learnt that the PCB can also be not eager to host the event outdoors the nation, not even within the UAE.
Nevertheless the launch occasion in Lahore has been pushed again.
It was being deliberate in Lahore as per ICC administration’s briefing to the ICC CEC and ICC Board on twenty first October in Dubai. However this has now been placed on a maintain, knowledgeable an ICC insider.
With PTI inputs
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