Pakistan are scheduled to host the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy subsequent yr. If all goes as deliberate, this would be the first time that the nation will likely be internet hosting an ICC event for the reason that 1996 ODI World Cup. And Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi is taking needed steps to make sure the identical. Currently, two essential stadiums in Pakistan — Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium and Karachi’s National Stadium — are at the moment beneath renovation. Naqvi has additionally instructed the fast formation of needed committees concerning the ICC Champions Trophy.
However, there are doubts as as to whether India will journey to the nation for the event or not. Last yr, India refused to play the Asia Cup in Pakistan.
As a end result, the event was held beneath a hybrid mannequin, co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka, with the latter internet hosting India’s matches, together with the ultimate.
There has been some dialogue that Champions Trophy may comply with the identical suite. India and Pakistan haven’t performed a bilateral collection in over a decade because of the strained political relations between the 2 nations.
While Pakistan did journey to India for the ODI World Cup final yr, the BCCI has iterated, time and time once more, that it’ll solely ship the Indian workforce to Pakistan if the Central authorities permits.
According to a report in Geo News, Naqvi is ready to fulfill Jay Shah, the secretary of the BCCI, subsequent month to debate the identical.
“The two officers are set to fulfill in October throughout the last match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup – set to happen in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The assembly between Naqvi and Shah, scheduled for October, will likely be highlighting the participation of the Men in Blue within the forthcoming occasion in Pakistan,” the report said.
The report additionally claimed that the PCB is ready for ICC’s last approval concerning the Champions Trophy’s schedule.
“In a current assembly with ICC officers, the PCB requested to signal the schedule as quickly as doable to make sure clean preparations of the occasion. According to sources, PCB has made provisional bookings primarily based on the proposed schedule and will likely be finalising it quickly. The ICC is anticipated to make an official announcement concerning the schedule by the tip of October,” the report added.
Last month, Shah was appointed as the brand new chairman of the International Cricket Council. His tenure, nonetheless, will begin in June.
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