NEW DELHI: PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Friday addressed media reviews concerning India’s refusal to play in Pakistan for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
Reacting to the information, Pakistan Cricket Board chief expressed disappointment, emphasising the event’s significance for Pakistan’s cricket panorama and its potential to advertise cricketing ties within the area.
Naqvi addressed mediapersons after inspecting the Gaddafi Stadium upgradation in Lahore for the following 12 months’s ICC event.
When requested concerning the reviews coming in Indian media, Naqvi said, “It has been two months since reviews are coming in Indian media that the Indian crew just isn’t coming to Pakistan. Now we have a transparent stance if there’s something like that, then we are going to settle for it provided that India will give us in writing, supplied they’ve any points associated to it.”
“Secondly, we have now not been engaged in any dialog concerning ‘hybrid mannequin’ until date, and we’re additionally not prepared for such a dialogue. We nonetheless need cricket to be evaded politics and no sport ought to happen internationally with such sort of politics. And we are going to hold getting ready for the Champions Trophy the way in which we have now been doing it, and I am positive it would transform an enormous success,” he additional mentioned.
When requested what would occur if the PCB acquired a proper non-participation letter from the BCCI, Naqvi said clearly that he would then seek the advice of with the federal government. “No matter resolution they make, I must abide by it,” he added, emphasizing the position of presidency within the matter.
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi’s media discuss at Gaddafi Stadium as he inspected the venue’s upgradation
Earlier within the day, TimesofIndia.com reported that the Indian cricket crew is not going to journey to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy and wish to play their matches at a impartial venue. It’s reliably learnt that the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has communicated their resolution to the Pakistan Cricket Board and different stakeholders, and there’s a brilliant risk of some matches being performed in Dubai.
“Sure, the BCCI has conveyed their issues concerning Champions Trophy matches in Pakistan. They wish to play matches at a impartial venue and Dubai is the robust candidate to host the fixtures involving the Males in Blue,” says a supply monitoring developments to TimesofIndia.com.
