The Indian crew is not going to journey to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and can ask the Worldwide Cricket Council to carry its matches in Sri Lanka or Dubai, a BCCI supply informed ANI. The ICC Champions Trophy will likely be held subsequent yr from February to March 2025 in Pakistan. Since 2008’s Asia Cup, India has not performed any cricket tournaments in Pakistan as a consequence of tense relationships between each nations. A bilateral collection from December 2012 to January 2013 in India additionally marked the ultimate bilateral collection between the 2 nations. Since then, each nations have solely clashed at ICC tournaments and the Asia Cup.
Uncertainty has been looming over India’s participation within the upcoming occasion as a result of relationship between the 2 nations.
The Pakistan Cricket Board had proposed to India to play all its matches in a single metropolis. ESPNcricinfo had reported that Lahore was chosen as the placement the place India would play all of their matches. Nevertheless, the Indian board is just not within the prospect of travelling to Pakistan.
Whereas addressing India’s participation within the BCCI supply, informed ANI, “India is not going to journey to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025. Will inform ICC to carry its matches in Dubai or Sri Lanka.”
BCCI Vice-President Rajeev Shukla, in Could, stated that the Indian crew could be despatched to Pakistan for the event provided that the central authorities permits it.
Chatting with the ANI, Shukla stated, “Within the case of the Champion Trophy, we’ll do regardless of the Authorities of India will inform us to do. We ship our crew solely when the Authorities of India permits us. So we’ll go in response to the choice of the Indian authorities.”
An analogous state of affairs unfolded throughout final yr’s Asia Cup, which was scheduled to be hosted in Pakistan.
Nevertheless, PCB was compelled to make use of a hybrid technique when internet hosting the Asia Cup final yr, with all of India’s matches–including these in opposition to Pakistan–taking place in Sri Lanka.
The event closing, which India gained, occurred in Colombo. Though Pakistan had hinted at the opportunity of utilizing a hybrid method to take part within the ODI World Cup in India the earlier yr, it was by no means given any thought.
Pakistan are the defending champions of the Champions Trophy, final held in 2017.
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