“No Broadcaster Will Give A Penny To ICC If…”: Pakistan Remoted In Champions Trophy Row With BCCI

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 predominant stakeholders took half in a quick assembly on Friday to discover a resolution to the continuing deadlock. The BCCI has not been given clearance by the Indian authorities to ship the Indian cricket staff 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. 

Based on a report in Revsportz, all member boards barring PCB have siding with the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) relating to the hybrid mannequin of internet hosting. 

“Look, no broadcaster will give a penny to an ICC occasion which doesn’t have India and even Pakistan is aware of that. The ICC assembly on Saturday will solely occur if Mr Mohsin Naqvi agrees with the ‘Hybrid Mannequin’,” an ICC Board supply informed PTI on situations of anonymity.

“If not, then ICC Board may need to shift the match fully to a special nation (might be UAE too) however it will likely be held with out 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 temporary 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 events proceed to work in direction of a constructive decision for the Champions Trophy 2025 and it’s anticipated that the Board will reconvene on Saturday and proceed to fulfill over the subsequent few days,” a senior administrator of an ICC full member nation, who can be part of the Board, informed PTI.