Suryakumar Yadav in an Instagram video. India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav faced questions about the on-going Champions Trophy standoff between India and Pakistan while interacting with fans in South Africa. After India firmly said no to travelling to Pakistan for the 2025 Champions Trophy, the message was relayed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to…
India’s refusal to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy next year may trigger a strong response from the Pakistan government that may ask its cricket board to withdraw from the tournament, according to a report in ‘Dawn’. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has written to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), informing them about the…
Javed Miandad (R) and Rashid Latif. (Photo by Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: As the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) initiated talks with senior government officials to discuss future course of action after ICC conveyed to PCB about India’s unwillingness to tour the country for next year’s Champions Trophy, Pakistan’s cricket community reacted with…
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…
