Erupted after a dispute was not Pakistan cricket board (PCB) Officials from the closing ceremony Champions Trophy 2025 Final in Dubai on March 9, 2025. The tournament first began to be a full guest Pakistanthen played in a hybrid format India Refused to travel to Pakistan due to security concerns.
Indian Clinches Third Champions Trophy title
First, the initial sliced ​​final match for Lahore, was transferred to Dubai India provided four wicket victory over New ZealandThe third champion claims the title of the cup. ICC chairman during the post-match presentation Jay Shah and the President of Bhtsi Roger Binny He distributed the awards, but despite Pakistan’s official host, there was no representative of the PCB on stage.
PCB expresses dissatisfaction of staying out
After the ceremony, the PCB was reported to remove information about the removal of the incident. PCB claimed that the authorities were not invited to the participation of any of the officials, which did not ignore the status of Pakistan as the host of the tournament.
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ICC clarifies the absence of PCB chairman
An ICC spokesman who meets the concerns reported that PCB was Mohs naqvi The final ceremony was invited, but could not participate because he did not go to Dubai. ICC, according to the defined protocol, only president, as Presidential, vice-president or CEO, is allowed during the Cup presentations. Since the Naqvi disappeared, no PCB representative was scheduled.
“Mr. Nagvi was unavailable and did not travel for the incident. According to the ICC rules, only designated office carriers for the cup presentation are allowed only to a representative with a PCB Office carrier” An ICC spokesman informed India today.
 officials from the closing ceremony of the Champions Trophy 2025. India defeated New Zealand in the summit clash to register a 4-wicket win.){kind=link}