New Delhi. The ICC Champions Trophy controversy is showing no sign of stopping. There has been panic in Pakistan after the Indian cricket team refused to tour Pakistan. PCB is adopting every trick to invite India to its place. Meanwhile, ICC has also given a big blow to PCB. The ICC has ruled that the Champions Trophy cannot be moved to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Earlier, Pakistan had said that it will rotate the ICC Champions Trophy trophy in Pakistan. India had objected to this.
PCB had announced on Thursday to rotate the ICC Champions Trophy across the country. Pakistan Cricket Board had issued a statement saying, ‘Pakistan, get ready. The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 trophy will be rotated across the country. It will start from Islamabad on 16th November. Later this trophy will also be taken to Skardu, Hunza and Muzaffarabad. Muzaffarabad is part of PoK. Pakistan has forcibly occupied these areas of India.
Pakistan wants to provoke India
The cities mentioned in this statement of Pakistan Cricket Board are part of POK. It is clear that these cities were mentioned for a specific purpose. Pakistan wants to provoke India on this pretext. But ICC already sensed his ‘dirty’ game and gave its decision on it.
This has happened for the first time in ICC history
ICC Champions Trophy is to be organized in Pakistan in February-March. India has refused to go to Pakistan citing security. After this Pakistan has become nervous. India says that it would like to play all its matches at neutral venues. Pakistan is not ready to adopt the hybrid model. The schedule of this tournament has not been announced yet. This is the first time in ICC history that the trophy is being rotated without the announcement of the official schedule of the tournament.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 15, 2024, 17:01 IST