Amid the unsure map forward for the match, old Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal acknowledged that ICC mustn’t agenda matches between India and Pakistan unless these two groups begin playing bilateral cricket.
Hindustan Times
02 December, 2024, 01:30 am
Final modified: 02 December, 2024, 01:41 am
The Champions Trophy stand-off continues between India and Pakistan.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has acknowledged that India would possibly perchance likely no longer scamper across the border for the eight-crew ICC match, and the cricket physique wants India’s matches to be scheduled at a neutral venue, beneath a hybrid mannequin.
Amid the unsure map forward for the match, old Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal acknowledged that ICC mustn’t agenda matches between India and Pakistan unless these two groups begin playing bilateral cricket.
Kamran Akmal furthermore acknowledged that if the hybrid mannequin is popular for the Champions Trophy, then ICC would possibly perchance likely mild scream the the same job for events that are slated to be hosted by India from 2025-2031, including the Men’s T20 World Cup and ODI World Cup.
“The ICC has to receive a decision sometime and I deem that is the coolest time to search out a permanent resolution. If this Champions Trophy adopts a hybrid mannequin with India no longer coming to Pakistan, then all other ICC events in India would possibly perchance likely mild adopt the the same pattern with Pakistan no longer touring India,” Kamran educated Telecom Asia Sport.
“Individually, one other resolution is that the ICC would possibly perchance likely mild no longer agenda Indo-Pak matches unless and unless there would possibly perchance be a bilateral sequence. After they originate playing one any other then glorious we would possibly perchance likely mild enjoy matches in a multi-nationwide tournament,” he added.
ICC Board Meeting lasts neutral correct 15 minutes
The Champions Trophy is currently slated to be played across Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Karachi from 19 February to 9 March.
As both PCB and BCCI are no longer budging from their stance, the ICC scheduled a Board Meeting on Friday, on the other hand, it lasted neutral correct 15 minutes.
“I am disillusioned to glance this kind of scenario however sufficient is sufficient as Pakistan enjoy toured India despite one 2016 World Cup match shifted from Dharamshala to Kolkata and then Pakistan played in Ahmedabad last year despite reservations,” acknowledged Kamran Akmal.
“Pakistan will enjoy to clutch an impressive decision and stick to it. That will help Pakistan create a lawful image. On one hand, they put no longer are seeking to play us in Pakistan on political points however on the opposite hand, they play us of their nation and that will very effectively be a double long-established,” he added.
India hasn’t toured Pakistan since 2008. The last bilateral sequence between India and Pakistan used to be played in 2012-13.
Pakistan has no longer hosted an ICC tournament after 1996. Final year, Pakistan furthermore hosted the Asia Cup in a hybrid mannequin after India refused to scamper.
