PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi is anticipating an assurance on India’s participation within the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan throughout subsequent week’s ICC Assembly in Dubai. India haven’t travelled to Pakistan since 2008, final 12 months additionally the BCCI did not permit the workforce to play the Asia Cup within the neighbouring nation because the match was performed in a hybrid mannequin.
In response to a report on PTI, Naqvi will meet the ICC Govt Board and BCCI Secretary Jay Shah the place he can be searching for assurance for the Indian workforce travelling to Pakistan. The mega ICC match can be performed subsequent 12 months in February-March.
Previously few years, the cricketing motion has resumed in Pakistan however bringing India for the Champions Trophy goes to be a trick job for PCB contemplating the political tensions between the 2 nations.
“The largest fear for the PCB is whether or not India will ship its workforce to Pakistan and there’s no repeat of final 12 months’s Asia Cup points,” a PCB supply advised PTI, citing the ‘Hybrid Mannequin’ that was used final 12 months.
In the meantime, PCB confronted the identical scenario as they determined to go together with the hybrid mannequin for the Asia Cup the place Pakistan hosted simply 4 video games and the remainder of the matches had been performed in Sri Lanka.
“That is an ICC occasion and Pakistan went final 12 months to India for the World Cup. Naqvi will attempt to persuade the ICC and BCCI that they should verify that India can be coming to Pakistan as early as attainable as it would assist promote the CT for them,” the supply added.
“Naqvi will attempt to guarantee the BCCI representatives that with elections (in Pakistan) accomplished and a brand new authorities in place, there can be no safety or different issues for them to play in Pakistan.”
Pakistan have travelled to India in final 12 months’s ODI World Cup however the Males in Blue final toured Pakistan method again in 2008 for Asia Cup.
The supply stated Naqvi can even temporary the ICC board concerning the upgradation of stadiums in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi and the Pakistan authorities’s stance on India taking part in in Pakistan.
When a BCCI supply was requested, he gave a normal reply.
“Enjoying in Pakistan is one thing that solely Indian authorities can determine and BCCI should comply with the federal government diktat. Additionally it’s too early to even ask for presidency’s permission and if their new chairman is anticipating some type of assurance in March 2024 for a match in Feb-March 2025, he’s mistaken,” the BCCI supply stated.
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