With uncertainty looming over the future of ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi stated that hosting the tournament in a hybrid model is "definitely not the formula" but if a new way is formed it will be an "equal one."
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has informed the International Cricket Council (ICC) that it will only accept a solution that will concur with its stance, Geo News reported on Saturday.
With India firmly holding on to its decision not to travel to Pakistan for the tournament and the hosts adamant about their stance on organising the entire event in Pakistan, the ICC decided to hold a meeting to arrive at a conclusion.
Uncertainty continues to revolve around India's travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, with the tournament just a couple of months away from commencement.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav claimed that the Indian team should travel to Pakistan for next year's ICC Champions Trophy and backed his stance by claiming that involving politics in sports is "not a good thing."
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is likely to hold a meeting on Friday (November 29) in order to decide the fate of the Champions Trophy 2025, where everyone will get clarity on whether the tournament will take place in Pakistan or not.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is likely to hold an emergency meeting in the next week for the dates and venues of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy which is scheduled to take place next year (2025) in the month of February and March.
The sources said that back channel talks are going on to make PCB understand why the hybrid model is the best way to go for the tournament and why there cannot be an ICC tournament without the Indian cricket team. The sources have also said that top ICC officials are trying to get Pakista
The PCB will initiate the recruitment process for a permanent white-ball head coach, aiming to complete the appointment by the end of the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled from 19 February to 9 March.
"By proposing to bring the ICC Champions Trophy to these areas, Pakistan is not only violating international norms but also attempting to politicize sports to legitimize its illegal occupation," Maqsood said. "Such actions further deny the Kashmiri people their basic rights and aspirations f
Notably, the BCCI has strongly objected to the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) plan to hold the Champions Trophy tour in disputed areas of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), specifically Skardu, Hunza, and Muzaffarabad.