Champions Trophy 2025, ICC Meeting LIVE Updates: The emergency ICC board meeting involving BCCI and PCB to resolve the Champions Trophy 2025 impasse will take place today virually in which the memebers could be asked to vote for or against a Hybrid Model. Pakistan could also lose the Champions Trophy 2025 hosting rights
Champions Trophy 2025, ICC Meeting LIVE Updates: BCCI vice president say players' safety is top priority for the board
“Our discussions are going on. A decision will be taken after looking at the situation. Our top priority is the safety of the players. Hybrid mode is also an option; discussions are going on,” BCCI vice president told ANI.
Champions Trophy 2025, ICC Meeting LIVE Updates: ICC offers extra financial incentives to PCB to find quick solution
One of the major media houses has reported that PCB as latest as yesterday was not ready to accept the Hybrid Model. In such scenarios, it is possible that they lose the entire hosting rights. However, ICC wants to find a middle ground and has also offered financial incentives to PCB in order to get them ready for the Hybrid Model.
Champions Trophy 2025, ICC Meeting LIVE Updates: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav wants the Indian cricket team to travel to Pakistan
“Involving politics in sports is not a good thing. Doesn’t everyone participate in the Olympics? Why shouldn’t India go to Pakistan? If the PM can go there to have Biryani, why can’t the Indian cricket team travel for a tournament?” Yadav asked while speaking to news agency ANI.
Champions Trophy 2025, ICC Meeting LIVE Updates: What Shahid Afridi has said is somewhat similar to what PCB head Mohsin Naqvi said two days back.
Naqvi has said that they are not ready to “sell rights” and that it’s unacceptable that the Indian team doesn’t travel to Pakistan. “I promise you that we’ll not just sell our rights out just for more money. This will never happen. But we’ll do whatever is best for Pakistan,” Naqvi said.
“We’re still clear in our stance that it’s not acceptable that we play cricket in India, and they don’t play cricket here. Whatever will happen, will happen on the basis of equality. We’ve told the ICC very clearly, and what happens next we’ll let you know.
Champions Trophy 2025, ICC Meeting LIVE Updates: Shahid Afridi has tried to rally support for PCB ahead of the ICC meeting with his provocative X post.
“By intertwining politics with sports, the BCCI has placed international cricket in a precarious position. Fully support the PCB’s stance against the hybrid model – especially since Pakistan (despite security concerns) has toured India five times, including a bilateral white-ball series, post-26/11. It’s time for the ICC and its Board of Directors to uphold fairness and assert their authority,” Afridi wrote on X
Champions Trophy 2025, ICC Meeting LIVE Updates: Which is the schedule for the eight-team tournament?
The Champions Trophy 2025 is slated to run from 19 February to 9 March at three venues in Pakistan: Karachi, Rawalpindi, and Lahore, as per reports.
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