Indian politician Tejashwi Yadav has referred to as for the Males in Blue to go to Pakistan to participate within the upcoming mega match, the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, following the Board of Management for Cricket in India's (BCCI's) refusal to shut the border cross, uncertainty in regards to the occasion looms.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief confused the necessity for the Indian cricket staff to participate within the match and stated mixing politics and sports activities was dangerous.
The politician mocked BJP's Narendra Modi and recalled the time the Indian prime minister crossed the border “to have biryani.”
“If the prime minister can go there to eat biryani, why can’t the Indian cricket staff go to a match?” YEARSan Indian information company quoted Yadav as saying throughout a media briefing.
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) will convene a digital assembly in the present day to debate the way forward for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, marred by uncertainty following India's refusal to journey to Pakistan.
Dependable sources stated Geo Information that a number of choices are on the desk, together with holding the match in Pakistan with out India. Nonetheless, because of India's important industrial worth, this state of affairs is taken into account extremely unlikely.
A proposal at the moment into account would see a hybrid mannequin, with Pakistan internet hosting most matches, whereas video games involving India can be performed at a impartial venue, doubtless within the United Arab Emirates.
Sources throughout the Pakistan Cricket Board stated the PCB has already rejected the hybrid mannequin, however a supply within the ICC insisted it could nonetheless be an possibility. If such a mannequin is proposed, the PCB is predicted to insist that no Pakistan matches, together with the group sport in opposition to India, be scheduled exterior Pakistan.
The PCB has responded to India's agency stance in opposition to journey to Pakistan with an equally robust stand, because the cricket physique's chairman Mohsin Naqvi rejected the concept of abandoning the nation's long-standing stance in opposition to monetary compensation for internet hosting rights.
He has additionally assured stakeholders that he’ll work for what’s in one of the best curiosity of Pakistan cricket.