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Team India could not journey to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy subsequent 12 months, and the venue for the occasion will doubtless get shifted or a hybrid mannequin used, sources within the BCCI instructed IANS on Tuesday. They added {that a} bilateral collection with the neighbours is “unlikely” within the close to future. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Monday reportedly stated that they’d take into consideration a bilateral collection with India in the event that they ship their group to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. However, sources within the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) stated, “Forget bilateral series…Team India may not even travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. There might be a change of venue, s hybrid model is also possible.”
“The Indian board would need permission from the government for travel, currently our relations with Pakistan are not that good either,” sources told IANS. “Champions Trophy is an ICC event, so it would be a tough call for India but nothing without the government’s order/green signal. Bilateral series, I don’t see in the near future, that’s next to impossible.”
India and Pakistan last played a bilateral limited-overs series in 2012-13, when Pakistan visited India.
Last year, India refused to send its team to play the Asia Cup in Pakistan and eventually, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) had to adopt a hybrid model for the event which was split with a vast majority of the matches being organised in Sri Lanka.
India and Pakistan play only during ICC and continental events.
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