And the delay continues. The International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting with all 15 member boards has been postponed. The main agenda of tete-a-tete was to introduce the newly elected ICC Chairman, Jay Shah. But the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 was expected to be one of the main discussion points of the meeting. Well, that won’t be happening until December 7 when the boards meet with the ICC once again.
BCCI vs PCB over Champions Trophy
The schedule for the Champions Trophy should have been out by November 12. As per ICC’s rules, the deadline for announcing the schedule for an event is 100 days. But that hasn’t happened as the tiff between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the venue continues. As of now, we are just 77 days away, and there isn’t a clue where Team India will play their matches.
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PCB willing to accept BCCI’s terms
Earlier in the day, we heard that the PCB has agreed to BCCI’s terms and that the Champions Trophy 2025 will now be held in a hybrid model. It was suggested that the PCB had already talked with the Emirates Cricket Board and that Team India would likely face all of their opponents at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. However, the PCB also put forth some demands of theirs.
PCB’s demands to BCCI & ICC
- The Pakistan cricket team won’t play their matches in India in upcoming ICC events
- Compensation from ICC for moving 5 games outside of Pakistan, especially for the India vs Pakistan match which was scheduled to be played in Lahore
- India plays a tri-series with Pakistan and another nation in a neutral venue (likely UAE)
- India and Pakistan are named in separate groups of the Champions Trophy 2025, current they are in Group A with New Zealand and Bangladesh
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