The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, on Saturday mentioned that an International Cricket Council (ICC) assembly concerning the 2025 Champions Trophy has been postponed. He said that updates can be offered as soon as particulars have been finalized. “We had a gathering (with the ICC) in the present day, it has been postponed. Once the main points have been finalized, we’ll replace you. We won’t disappoint the nation. Talks are nonetheless ongoing, however I don’t need to say something that’s untimely. If the ICC progresses, it will likely be felt internationally. video posted by PCB on
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi speaks to the media at LCCA Ground, Lahore. pic.twitter.com/gxkVpQqNbH
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 7, 2024
While the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was adamant about internet hosting the complete match in Pakistan, the current developments have advised that the stalemate has been damaged.
According to current developments, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the PCB have reportedly reached an in-principle settlement to undertake a hybrid mannequin for world tournaments hosted in Pakistan or India till 2027.
This mannequin would enable each nations to play their video games at ICC tournaments hosted by the opposite nation at a impartial venue. Although sources confirmed the settlement to ESPNcricinfo, the PCB, the official host of the 2025 Champions Trophy, has not publicly commented, stating solely that discussions are ongoing.
It continues to be unclear whether or not the hybrid mannequin will apply to each males’s and ladies’s tournaments. In the ICC’s present industrial cycle (2024–27), there are three world occasions scheduled to be hosted in both nation, the Champions Trophy in Pakistan in February 2025, the ladies’s ODI World Cup in India later in 2025, and the boys’s T20 World Cup. Cup in 2026, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
According to ESPNcricinfo, the settlement was reportedly reached after conferences between new ICC Chair Jay Shah and PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi in Dubai.
These discussions befell alongside a courtesy board assembly organized by Shah throughout his go to to the ICC headquarters in his new function. A proper Board assembly to debate the Champions Trophy was scheduled for Saturday however the assembly was postponed.
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