The ICC Board is expected to meet on November 26 to determine the fate of the 2025 Champions Trophy, in particular, whether the competition should go ahead with a hybrid format of the game. The meeting will consider the option of holding the tournament in Pakistan and the second, more neutral country. This development comes as India’s participation is in doubt after their side cited security concerns to bar their players from travelling to Pakistan.
Lahore Karachi and finally Rawalpindi have three venues ready for the tournament but the narrowmindedness of the Indian board has created problems and an orchid to play in Pakistan.
The ICC meeting will look to come up with a compromise, with the options being a hybrid model of home and away games or moving the tournament completely out of Pakistan. South Africa has been sighted as a possible replacement host for the game due to its mega sports facilities. The future of the 2025 Champions Trophy will depend on the meeting’s conclusion.
India refuses To Travel To Pakistan for Champions Trophy
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has scheduled the meeting, which will focus on the vagueness regarding the event at Pakistan in 2025 Champions Trophy. The meeting was called after a letter from the BCCI, the Indian cricket board, which said that the Indian government had not allowed the Indian team to travel to Pakistan for the tournament.
This development comes as a dark cloud on the tournament that Pakistan is hoping to host, announced earlier in a ceremony of the Champions Trophy.
The increase in teams has been cited as the cause of the standstill, and the ICC meeting will devise a way forward, which will most likely see other venues or a different tournament format advanced. The move by the Indian government has put the new tournament in jeopardy, and with this the ICC will need to act fast in order to address the problem.
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