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Representative Image© AFP Former India cricketer Madan Lal believes Pakistan should accept and play in the hybrid model for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The future of the Champions Trophy has been left in doubt after India held its stance of not sending the men’s team to Pakistan for next year’s marquee event,…
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi of “complete support” on the issue of the hosting of the Champions Trophy next year and said the country should keep its self-respect while dealing with the matter, according to sources. Sharif, who is also the patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board…
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File photo from an India vs Pakistan cricket match© AFP Former all-rounder Yusuf Pathan, member of India’s 2011 World Cup and 2007 T20 World Cup-winning teams, backed the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision of not sending the Indian team to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy next year. India…
On Thursday night, a report by news agency PTI quoting sources, claimed that the Jay Shah-led International Cricket Council (ICC) and its member associations have “agreed in principle” to go ahead with a hybrid model of hosting the Champions Trophy 2025. However, there was a catch. A similar ‘hybrid model’ of hosting will…
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With Jay Shah taking over as International Cricket Council’s youngest chairman on December 1, the role of secretary in the mighty BCCI lies vacant and as officials wonder who the replacement might be, they have time to figure out the next course of action. Following the constitutional amendment in 2022, the secretary is…
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The International Cricket Council has reached a consensus to conduct next year’s Champions Trophy in a hybrid model, allowing India to play its share of matches in Dubai while agreeing “in principle” to a similar arrangement in multi-lateral events till 2027. According to a top ICC source, the decision was more or less…
ICC chairman Jay Shah© Twitter The ICC Board’s meeting with Champions Trophy broadcasters Star Sports, to discuss the operational modalities of hosting the tournament in ‘Hybrid Model’ and prospective schedule, has been postponed to Saturday, according to sources. In another interesting move, BCCI joint secretary Devajit Lon Saikia represented India in the Board…
Champions Trophy: ICC chairman Jay Shah and PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi© AFP Jay Shah, new ICC chairman, recently called for a Board Meeting that was supposed to start at 5pm IST on Thursday, according to a report. However, that meeting has been postponed. While the agenda of the meeting was not known, several…
Representative image© AFP The wait continues for any decision regarding the Champions Trophy 2025 following India’s refusal to travel to Pakistan due to security reasons. Several media reports suggested that the tournament will be held in a ‘hybrid’ manner with India playing their matches in Dubai. However, nothing official has been announced by…
Outgoing ICC chair Greg Barclay believes Jay Shah has the ability to pull cricket out of the current “mess” and take it to another level but also cautioned his successor against keeping the game “under the yoke of India”. Barclay, who stepped down from his position on December 1 after a four-year term…