Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has prolonged his assist to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for not accepting the hybrid mannequin for subsequent 12 months’s Champions Trophy, scheduled to be performed in Pakistan. The veteran all-rounder has blamed the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) for ‘intertwining politics with sports activities’ and referred to as for ICC to ‘uphold equity and assert their authority’. The ICC Board assembly is about to happen on Friday to resolve the schedule of the marquee match. The BCCI has instructed ICC that the Indian workforce is not going to journey to Pakistan for the match as a result of Indian authorities’s disallowance. Nonetheless, the PCB is reluctant to host your entire match in Pakistan, leaving the way forward for the Champions Trophy unsure.
Afridi added that Pakistan have travelled to India 5 occasions for the reason that Mumbai terror assaults that deteriorated the relations of the neighbouring international locations.
“By intertwining politics with sports activities, the BCCI has positioned worldwide cricket in a precarious place. Absolutely assist the PCB’s stance in opposition to the hybrid mannequin – particularly since Pakistan (regardless of safety issues) has toured India 5 occasions, together with a bilateral white-ball sequence, post-26/11. It is time for the ICC and its Board of Administrators to uphold equity and assert their authority,” Afridi wrote on X, previously Twitter.
By intertwining politics with sports activities, the BCCI has positioned worldwide cricket in a precarious place. Absolutely assist the PCB’s stance in opposition to the hybrid mannequin – particularly since Pakistan (regardless of safety issues) has toured India 5 occasions, together with a bilateral white-ball… pic.twitter.com/Xl4YBhCWuB
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) November 28, 2024
The Champions Trophy is scheduled to be hosted throughout three venues in Pakistan over February and March subsequent 12 months. However India, who haven’t toured Pakistan since 2008, instructed the ICC that their authorities had not permitted them to journey to Pakistan for the occasion earlier this month.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has insisted that the PCB stays “clear” in its view on internet hosting the Champions Trophy, and added that “it isn’t potential that Pakistan play in India, and so they do not come right here”.
“Our stance may be very clear. I promise we’ll do what’s finest for Pakistan cricket. I am consistently in contact with the ICC chairman and my workforce is speaking to them consistently. We’re nonetheless clear in our stance that it isn’t acceptable that we play cricket in India, and so they do not play cricket right here. No matter will occur, will occur on the premise of equality. We have instructed the ICC very clearly, and what occurs subsequent we’ll let you recognize,” Naqvi mentioned throughout a press convention held on the Gaddafi Stadium.
“No matter we do, we’ll be certain the most effective end result for Pakistan is achieved,” Naqvi mentioned a number of occasions. “However I repeat, and I’m certain you recognize what I imply, it isn’t potential that Pakistan play in India, and so they do not come right here,” he added.
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