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: PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi met with Emirates Cricket Board head Mubashir Usmani in Dubai. The meeting focused on discussions surrounding a potential “hybrid model” for hosting the upcoming Champions Trophy, scheduled for February-March next year.A PCB statement following the meeting indicated Naqvi assured Usmani of Pakistan’s readiness to host the tournament. All preparations…
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…
NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board had a brief virtual meeting today and the members will soon be taking a call on the 2025 edition of the Champions Trophy. It’s reliably learnt that during the meeting, which lasted a little over 15 minutes, all members aligned with India’s decision of not travelling to…
The all-powerful Board of the International Cricket Council (ICC) had a brief virtual meeting today and it’s understood that no decision has been made yet on the Champions Trophy 2025. It is further learnt that the Board will reconvene in the next few days and work towards a positive resolution of the multi-nation event which…
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…
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) informed the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday that it will not accept the Hybrid model for the Champions Trophy, and asked the global governing body not to discuss the option in Friday’s board meeting.The ICC has convened a meeting of the executive members virtually to resolve the scheduling…
The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) meeting on November 29 to end the impasse over Champions Trophy hosting may no longer be crucial as the political unrest in designated host nation Pakistan has in all probability tilted the scales in favour of a hybrid model, believes former Pakistan batter Basit Ali.After India refused to travel to…
DUBAI: The all-powerful board of the International Cricket Council (ICC) will meet virtually on November 29 to finalise the much-delayed schedule of the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan in February-March next year.The cause of the delay has been India’s refusal to play in Pakistan considering the tense relations between the two countries. India…
MUMBAI: The International Cricket Council will hold an emergent meeting of its board on Tuesday to take a final call and resolve the deadlock around the 2025 Champions Trophy in February-March next year in Pakistan. The meeting, during which a final verdict on the fate of the tournament is likely to be given, will be…