The decision on whether the Champions Trophy to be held in February next year will be held in Pakistan or not will be taken tomorrow. For this, ICC had called a meeting of all the board members in Dubai, but due to no decision being taken, the meeting was postponed. Bhaskar sources said, now the meeting will be held on Saturday. After Pakistan got the hosting rights of the Champions Trophy, India refused to go there citing security reasons. Then it was believed that like the Asia Cup, the Champions Trophy tournament will also be held on a hybrid model. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had earlier proposed to hold all the matches of India in Lahore and send the players to India after the match. When India did not accept it, (PCB) refused to go for the hybrid model as well. ICC sources said, today the board members had a meeting for some time. All the boards are trying to find a solution together for the Champions Trophy. A board meeting will be held after a few days, in which a final decision will be taken on the venue. PCB is adamant on not having a hybrid model. Pakistan once again did not adopt the hybrid model in the meeting. PCB had said a day earlier that the board would not adopt the hybrid model. The tournament will be held entirely in Pakistan. It is believed that ICC has postponed its meeting due to this stand of Pakistan. The Ministry of External Affairs said, India will not go to Pakistan under any circumstances. Bhaskar had told on November 28 that BCCI has received orders from the government not to go to Pakistan. On Friday, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed this news. He said, BCCI has refused to go to Pakistan citing security reasons. Team India will not go to Pakistan to play the Champions Trophy under any circumstances. If ICC wants to play the tournament without India, then the team is ready for that too. Read Bhaskar’s exclusive news… If PCB does not agree, then India is ready to host the tournament. The Indian government has even told BCCI that if the Pakistan Cricket Board refuses to host the Champions Trophy, then India will host it. If ICC hands over the hosting to India, then full support will be received from the government. Not only this, the players of the teams coming to India to play the Champions Trophy will also not face any problem in getting visas. PCB will never agree to the hybrid model
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said that they will never accept to hold the tournament in a hybrid model. Their stand for the Champions Trophy is very clear. Whatever is best for Pakistan cricket, we will do that. It is not completely right that we go to play in India and they do not play here. As long as India refuses to send its team to Pakistan, the Pakistan team will also not travel to India. We have told the ICC that whatever the decision is, it should be on the basis of equality. Naqvi said, I hope Jai Shah will think about ICC
Naqvi said on Thursday, Jai Shah is going to take charge in December. I hope that after reaching the ICC, he will think about the ICC. When anyone reaches such a position, he should only think about the well-being of the committee. Pakistan got the stadium renovated Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is continuously preparing for the Champions Trophy 2025. PCB has almost completed the work of all three stadiums. They have spent 12.5 billion Pakistani rupees on the renovation of Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi stadiums. Meanwhile, the Indian government had already refused to send its team to Pakistan. BCCI had told ICC that the team will not play the tournament in Pakistan. If Pakistan does not agree to the hybrid model, then the tournament can be shifted to another country. Full case Pakistan has got the hosting of the ICC Champions Trophy to be played next year. Due to security reasons, BCCI has refused to send the Indian team to Pakistan. BCCI wants to organize India’s matches at a neutral venue. But PCB has refused the hybrid model ICC had asked BCCI to explain the reason for not sending Team India to Pakistan ICC had sought a written reply from BCCI for not sending the Indian team to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. ANI quoted a report from Pakistani channel Geo News, PCB has asked ICC for a written copy of India’s reply. PCB had written to ICC – Why can’t Pakistan come? India Pakistan Cricket Board had asked ICC for a reply on Team India not going to Pakistan. According to Cricbuzz’s report, PCB spokesperson had said, there is no security problem in Pakistan. That is why teams from New Zealand, England and Australia had visited here. When these teams can come, why can’t Team India? India did not go to Pakistan in Asia Cup, hybrid model adopted Asia Cup was played in September last year. Pakistan got its hosting, but India refused to go to Pakistan. After this, ACC organized this tournament in hybrid model. All the matches of India were played in Sri Lanka and the rest of the tournament took place in Pakistan. Pakistan played its match against India in Sri Lanka. Pakistan team came to India for ODI World Cup Pakistan team came to India last year to play ODI World Cup. Then a match was played between India and Pakistan in Ahmedabad on 14 October. The Indian team won this match by 7 wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer scored fifties. Jaspreet Bumrah became the player of the match. He took 2 wickets for 19 runs. India is not going to Pakistan since the terrorist attack in Mumbai.
The Indian team has not toured Pakistan since 2007-08. After the terrorist attack on Mumbai in 2008, the Indian government refused to play cricket in Pakistan. Since then both the teams play only in ICC and ACC tournaments. Since 2013, both the teams have played 13 ODIs and 8 T20 matches at neutral venues. The Sri Lankan team has also been attacked by terrorists in Pakistan during 2009.
