The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is reportedly wanting to search assurance from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the latter’s participation in the Champions Trophy 2025 in the upcoming ICC meeting in Dubai.
Pakistan is ready to schedule the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in the February-March window. According to a report from the PTI, the newly-elected PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi is planning to tackle the ICC Executive Board meeting subsequent week in Dubai and can be meeting BCCI’s common secretary Jay Shah on the sidelines.Â
However, the BCCI is just not wanting to make any commitments to travelling to Pakistan a 12 months earlier than the ICC event, the identical report provides. The BCCI is anticipated to search clearance from the central authorities of India earlier than taking any steps.Â
“The biggest worry for the PCB is whether India will send its team to Pakistan and there is no repeat of last year’s Asia Cup issues,” a PCB supply was quoted saying by PTI. “This is an ICC event and Pakistan went last year to India for the World Cup. Naqvi will try to convince the ICC and BCCI that they need to confirm that India will be coming to Pakistan as early as possible as it will help promote the CT for them. Naqvi will try to assure the BCCI representatives that with elections (in Pakistan) completed and a new government in place, there will be no security or other concerns for them to play in Pakistan.”
India final travelled to Pakistan in 2008 due to safety issues and political tensions between the 2 neighbours. Pakistan travelled to India in the ICC ODI World Cups in 2011 and 2023 and in the course of the T20 World Cup in 2016.
Pakistan had been chosen to host the Asia Cup 2023 however had been later compelled to agree on a hybrid mannequin, the place Sri Lanka hosted the vast majority of the video games, together with the ultimate.
