The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed on Sunday that India had knowledgeable the International Cricket Council about its unwillingness to journey to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy, scheduled in February-March subsequent 12 months. “The PCB has obtained an e-mail from the ICC, stating that the BCCI has knowledgeable them that their group is not going to journey to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025,” PCB mentioned in a press release. “The PCB has forwarded that e-mail to the Government of Pakistan for his or her recommendation and steerage,” mentioned a PCB spokesperson.
PCB made no additional feedback on the ICC e-mail however its chairman, Mohsin Naqvi had mentioned on Friday that Pakistan would unveil its coverage once they get one thing in writing from the ICC.
The BCCI had earlier intimated to the worldwide cricket physique about India’s incapability to journey to the neighbouring nation, leaving the PCB with no possibility however to organise the Champions Trophy within the ‘Hybrid Model’.
Naqvi had additionally mentioned that the ‘Hybrid Model’ was unacceptable to Pakistan.
India has not despatched its cricket group to Pakistan since 2008 once they final got here for the Asia Cup beneath Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy. Pakistan has toured India for a bilateral white-ball sequence in 2012-13, the T20 World Cup in 2016 and the 50-over World Cup final 12 months.
As reported earlier, India will play all its matches in Dubai and the high-profile India vs Pakistan tie may even be held within the UAE.
“This is an ICC occasion and BCCI has knowledgeable the worldwide physique that it will not journey to Pakistan. It will rely upon ICC to tell the host nation concerning the growth after which shut in on the scheduling of the event. The conference is to announce the schedule 100 days previous to the graduation of the occasion,” a BCCI supply had informed PTI on situations of anonymity a couple of days again.
Dubai is the perfect location for India’s matches because it has the best capability amongst three stadiums, and all of the important infrastructure is effectively in place after internet hosting the Women’s T20 World Cup final month.
Last 12 months, the Asia Cup, which was hosted by Pakistan, needed to be held in a ‘Hybrid Model’ after India refused to tour the nation.
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