India will not travel to Pakistan for ICC Champions Trophy 2025: PCB

Pakistan Cricket Board seeks proposal from its authorities aft India’s refusal to transverse nan separator is confirmed.

India’s cricket squad will not recreation to Pakistan for nan International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy 2025, nan Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed 2 days aft its president said nan big federation will not judge a “hybrid model” for hosting its cross-border rivals.

“The PCB has received an email from nan ICC, stating that nan Board for Control of Cricket successful India (BCCI) has informed them that their squad will not recreation to Pakistan for nan ICC Champions Trophy 2025,” a PCB spokesperson said connected Sunday.

The PCB, which is group to big nan tourney successful February and March, has sought nan “advice and guidance” of Pakistan’s government, nan connection added.

The move comes 2 days aft PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said nan big federation will not shape immoderate matches extracurricular nan state if India does not recreation for nan tournament.

“In nan past 2 months, nan Indian media has been reporting that India isn’t travelling. I discussed this pinch them and my team, and our stance is clear: They request to springiness america successful penning immoderate objections they whitethorn have,” Naqvi told reporters connected Friday.

“Until now, nary chat of nan hybrid exemplary has happened, nor are we prepared to judge one. Almost each state wants nan Champions Trophy to beryllium played here.

“I stay successful touch pinch respective boards, and they’re each looking guardant to playing here. I don’t deliberation anyone should make this a governmental matter. We’ll springiness each squad arsenic galore accommodation arsenic we can. We’d for illustration to spot fans from overseas travel for nan tournament, too.”

For galore years, India’s authorities has barred nan nationalist cricket squad from travelling to Pakistan because of ongoing governmental tensions betwixt nan neighbours.

India has not visited Pakistan since 2008, and nan rivals play each different only astatine multi-team events.

They past played a bilateral bid successful December 2012 and January 2013 erstwhile Pakistan toured India for a achromatic shot series. India past visited Pakistan for a bilateral committedness successful early 2006.

Pakistan travelled to India for nan ICC Cricket World Cup successful October and November 2023 and played each its matches successful nan big nation.

A PCB root told Al Jazeera successful July that each countries isolated from for India were “supportive and encouraging” of Pakistan hosting nan tournament.

“The PCB president met heads of cricket boards successful Barbados earlier nan T20 World Cup last and discussed Pakistan’s preparations to big adjacent year’s ICC Champions Trophy,” nan root said.

“Six of nan 7 countries person been supportive and encouraging because their teams person been to Pakistan, and they person had firsthand accusation astir what nan state has delivered and nan lengths it has gone to present them.

“The boards person besides had nan feedback from nan players who person travel present for world cricket and to play successful nan Pakistan Super League.”

Pakistan won nan past Champions Trophy successful 2017 erstwhile they hit their bitter rivals successful nan last successful London, United Kingdom.

The Champions Trophy 2025 will beryllium nan first ICC arena hosted by Pakistan since it shared nan 1996 World Cup pinch India and Sri Lanka.

Pakistan besides hosted nan Asia Cup past year, but nan winner, India, played each their matches successful Sri Lanka nether a “hybrid model”.

At nan time, India said they had not received support from their authorities to circuit Pakistan.

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Al Jazeera and news agencies