NEW DELHI: As the suspense on the India-Pakistan standoff over the hosting of Champions Trophy continues, there were reports on Friday that BCCI had informed Pakistan Cricket Board that it won’t send the Indian team to Pakistan for the tournament and wanted play its matches in Dubai, even though PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi denied receiving…
ICC Champions Trophy (Photo Credit: ICC) NEW DELHI: Pakistan cricket icon Rashid Latif has voiced strong views following reports that India may refuse to play in Pakistan for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.Addressing the situation on Geo News, Latif emphasized the binding nature of ICC tournament commitments and questioned the validity of security concerns, noting…
Pakistan’s Babar Azam and India’s Virat Kohli in a file photo. Indian cricket team will not travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy and want to play their matches at a neutral venue. It is reliably learnt that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has communicated their decision to the Pakistan Cricket…
There have been reports that the Champions Trophy next year will follow a hybrid model to accommodate India playing its matches outside the host nation, Pakistan; but former batsman Basit Ali has claimed that it’s 70% confirmed India will play their matches in Lahore, while adding that possibilities of a hybrid tournament are “still alive”.Pakistan…
NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has proposed a return-to-India plan for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, Cricbuzz reported on Friday.Under the proposal, the Men in Blue would return to India – either Chandigarh or Delhi – after each match they play in Pakistan,…
ISLAMABAD: External affairs minister S Jaishankar had “casual conversations’’ with both Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and his counterpart Ishaq Dar over the past 2 days even though there was no formal bilateral meeting between the foreign ministers on the margins of the SCO heads of government summit in Islamabad, diplomatic sources said. The fact that…
Rohit Sharma of India and Babar Azam of Pakistan in a file photo. In response to increasing speculation about India’s involvement in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy potentially being shifted from Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has firmly rejected claims suggesting India’s matches could be moved to the UAE. A report by The Telegraph…
Babar Azam and Rohit Sharma (Photo credit: X) NEW DELHI: The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy Final could be shifted from Lahore to Dubai if India qualify for the summit clash of the marquee event, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday. The Champions Trophy is slated to run from February 19 to March 9 with 15 matches…
Yuvraj Singh and Sourav Ganguly (X Photo) NEW DELHI: Yuvraj Singh, who made his debut in Nairobi, Kenya, during the ICC Knockout, played under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly. India reached the final but could not clinch the trophy, as New Zealand defeated them by 4 wickets in a last-over encounter.India had defeated Australia by…
KANPUR: BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Monday said the Indian government will take a final call on whether the national cricket team will travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy next year.Pakistan are scheduled to host the ICC ODI tournament from February 19 to March 9.“No decision has been taken (yet). But our policy is…
