Host of the ‘hybrid’ 2025 Champions Trophy, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has officially communicated to the International Cricket Council (ICC) that their neutral venue of choice for India’s matches will be the United Arab Emirates, according to a Cricbuzz report.“The PCB has chosen the UAE as the neutral venue and the PCB has formally informed…
Babar Azam and Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: Recently retired Pakistan quick Mohammad Amir says Indian superstar Virat Kohli is the greatest ‘player of this generation’ and his comparisons with the likes of Babar Azam, Joe Root and Steve Smith make him laugh. Kohli, who retired from the shortest format after India’s win in the 2024…
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The race to the World Test Championship final is in its last leg and four teams — Australia, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka are looking to grab the two spots for the finale at Lord’s next year. While defending champions Australia, two-time finallists India and…
Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam (Agency Photos) NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday confirmed that the upcoming ICC tournaments will adopt a hybrid model to address the prolonged impasse over India’s unwillingness to visit Pakistan. In a statement, the ICC said, “The ICC Board has approved that all matches between India and…
The standoff related to the Champions Trophy hosting is close to resolution, and former Pakistan batter Basit Ali has said that “a deal has been struck between the ICC, BCCI and the broadcaster” in the latest video on his YouTube channel. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly given a conditional agreement to a hybrid…
Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan and India skipper Rohit Sharma In a fresh impasse related to the hosting of the Champions Trophy, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has strongly opposed the Pakistan Cricket Board‘s (PCB) conditional agreement to a hybrid model for the tournament in February-March next year, according to a report…
NEW DELHI: After a month of backand-forth discussions on the ICC Champions Trophy venue, hosts Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday climbed down to agreeing to a hybrid model in which India will play their matches in Dubai in Feb-March. However, TOI understands that the PCB has put across a few demands before the International…
NEW DELHI: As the cricketing world awaits the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision on the 2025 Champions Trophy amid a standoff between India and Pakistan, former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has suggested that no Indo-Pak matches should be scheduled in multi-nation tournaments until bilateral cricket between the two countries resumes.Akmal emphasised the need for a…
The International Cricket Council‘s (ICC) virtual meeting to break the impasse over next year’s Champions Trophy ended in a little over 15 minutes on Friday, and the deadlock between India and Pakistan continued. While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) stands by its decision to not travel to Pakistan to play the…
Shahid Afridi opens up on India-Pakistan Champions Trophy stand-off (Agency Photos) NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has described the standoff between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over the 2025 Champions Trophy as a clash of politics and sports. He highlighted how the situation…
