International Cricket Council (ICC) and Pakistan The Board of Cricket (PCB) opened at a scheduled report meeting between them and the Board of Control for Cricket in India. India (BCCI) will discuss issues related to Champions Trophy 2025.
A Pakistan Cricket Board source played down reports of a high-level meeting with the ICC and BCCI regarding the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and said they were not aware of it.
India has ruled out visiting Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025
The Indian government has denied permission to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to send Team India to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
This information has been officially communicated to International Cricket Council (ICC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). There were demands for a marquee tournament to be played in the Hybrid Model, but the PCB is against it.
Pakistan wants to play all matches including India’s matches at home. But there was a big controversy when India refused to visit Pakistan, which led to the delay of the visit. schedule announcement
The dates of the tournament, which will be held from February 19 to March 9, were announced earlier, but the full schedule of the competition as well as the venues are yet to be announced.
A few days ago, an event was reportedly planned to announce the fixtures, but it was canceled at the last minute. There are also reports that Pakistan will be out of the competition if forced to adopt the Hybrid Model.
From BCC we are not aware of any meeting between BCCI and ICC – -PCB
A source in the PCB spoke about the reports of the meeting and said that the board does not have such information on the issue
“We don’t have any information from ICC about any meeting between BCCI and ICC,” a reliable PCB source told PTI.
Also, the source revealed that the International Cricket Council is yet to respond to an email sent to the Pakistan Cricket Board asking the reasons behind India’s refusal to tour Pakistan.
It should be noted that India has not visited Pakistan for a long time due to poor relations between the two countries. Last time India visited Pakistan for a bilateral meeting series It was in 2005-2006. After that, the Men in Blue also traveled to Pakistan for the 2008 Asia Cup.
This is a virtual meeting of the Board members – ICC Soucre
While the Pakistan Cricket Board denied the report of a meeting with the ICC and BCCI, a source from the world body said that an internal meeting was indeed planned and could be held on Tuesday to discuss the Champions Trophy issues.
“This is a virtual meeting of the Board members to resolve once and for all the matter of the Champions Cup calendar,” he said.
Also, there are plans to make the final decision based on the votes of other nations as the broadcasters have demanded that the schedule be announced soon, and they also want India and Pakistan to face each other in the group stage.
“There is a chance that there will be a vote on what to do and whether the event should be held – in Pakistan, move it or adopt the Hybrid Model as suggested by the BCCI and have India’s matches in the UAE,” he said. .
“The PCB has also announced that it will not hold the group match against India in Dubai even if the Hybrid model is adopted,” the source said.
