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The talks between the Worldwide Cricket Council, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the Champions Trophy impasse are not heading in direction of a decision. A ray of hope was seen after the Pakistan board reportedly agreed to undertake the hybrid mannequin, which might see India’s matches being held in Dubai, although with some situations. Nonetheless, the Indian board has reportedly rejected Pakistan’s ‘situations’ through which the PCB had requested for ICC occasions being held in India to additionally undertake the identical ‘hybrid mannequin’.
The BCCI dominated out sending its staff to Pakistan for ICC Champions Trophy over ‘safety considerations’ for its staff. In response to a report in The Telegraph India, BCCI has dismissed PCB’s demand, saying a hybrid mannequin cannot be adopted for ICC occasions being held in India as there is no ‘safety menace’ within the nation.
“Sources advised The Telegraph on Tuesday that the BCCI has despatched a transparent message to the ICC brass on this regard resulting in a contemporary deadlock. The BCCI’s rivalry is easy – there isn’t any safety menace in India and therefore no query of accepting such an association,” the report acknowledged.
India are scheduled to host a number of ICC occasions within the subsequent decade, together with the Ladies’s ODI World Cup 2025 and the T20 World Cup in 2026 collectively with Sri Lanka. The 2029 Champions Trophy and 2031 ODI World Cup are additionally scheduled to be held in India.
“It’s understood that each one related events are working in direction of discovering an amicable resolution to finish the disaster and the ICC board will reconvene within the subsequent few days,” the report additional acknowledged.
The Pakistan Cricket Board may additionally go on to lose its internet hosting rights for the Champions Trophy subsequent yr if its cussed stance on the matter continues. The board, earlier, had additionally reportedly threatened to withdraw from the Champions Trophy if the ICC decides to shift the event to a different nation.
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