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The Champions Trophy 2025 is slowly however steadily going in direction of a ‘hybrid mannequin’ of internet hosting it appears. The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) and its principal stakeholders took half in a short assembly on Friday to discover a answer to the continued deadlock. The BCCI has not been given clearance by the Indian authorities to ship the Indian cricket crew to Pakistan, the designated hosts of the Champions Trophy. Pakistan Cricket Board has, up to now, been adamant about rejecting the hybrid mannequin of internet hosting the place India performs its matches in a 3rd nation.
In line with a report in Revsportz, all member boards barring PCB have siding with the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) concerning the hybrid mannequin of internet hosting.
“Look, no broadcaster will give a penny to an ICC event which does not have India and even Pakistan knows that. The ICC meeting on Saturday will only happen if Mr Mohsin Naqvi agrees with the ‘Hybrid Model’,” an ICC Board supply instructed PTI on situations of anonymity.
“If not, then ICC Board might have to shift the tournament entirely to a different country (could be UAE too) but it will be held without Pakistan,” he added.
Friday’s assembly, which was chaired by deputy chairperson Imran Khwaja owing to outgoing head Greg Barclay’s absence for unspecified causes, was transient after Naqvi reiterated his nation’s place as soon as once more. This was to be Barclay’s final official engagement earlier than the taking of cost by new chair Jay Shah early subsequent month.
“All parties continue to work towards a positive resolution for the Champions Trophy 2025 and it is expected that the Board will reconvene on Saturday and continue to meet over the next few days,” a senior administrator of an ICC full member nation, who can be part of the Board, instructed PTI.
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