India‘s choice to not journey to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 has been a serious level of competition, upsetting the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and irritating cricket followers throughout the border. Nonetheless, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has maintained a agency stance, stating that any choice concerning cricketing ties with Pakistan rests with the Indian authorities.
BCCI Vice-President Rajeev Shukla, who just lately visited Pakistan on the invitation of PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, addressed these issues whereas attending the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final between New Zealand and South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
India and Pakistan to play bilateral collection?
Throughout his media interplay, Shukla dismissed the concept of organizing an India-Pakistan collection at a impartial venue, reinforcing the long-standing place of each cricket boards.
“Cricket followers are anticipating this rivalry, however as a matter of precept, each BCCI and PCB have all the time advocated for bilateral collection to be held on house grounds. This coverage stays unchanged, and we are going to see what unfolds sooner or later,” Shukla remarked.
Whereas followers from each nations yearn for the resumption of bilateral collection, the strained political relations between the 2 international locations stay a roadblock. The final bilateral collection between India and Pakistan passed off in 2012-13, and since then, the groups have solely met in ICC tournaments and Asia Cup competitions.
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India’s Champions Trophy matches in Dubai not a bonus
Shukla additionally addressed criticism concerning India enjoying all their Champions Trophy 2025 matches in Dubai, with some quarters suggesting it offers the staff an undue benefit. He clarified that the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) had made this choice nicely prematurely and never on the behest of BCCI.
“There isn’t any challenge of equity or unfairness right here. The Indian staff doesn’t depend on any specific pitch circumstances. Even in Dubai, they play on numerous surfaces and alter their sport accordingly,” he asserted.