The ICC will resolve subsequent steps for the Pakistan-hosted match after India refused to journey to the nation.
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) will meet this week to find out the future of subsequent 12 months’s Champions Trophy after India refused to play in host nation Pakistan, a spokesperson mentioned.
Earlier this month, the ICC knowledgeable the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that India wouldn’t tour Pakistan for the eight-team match, leaving the destiny of the showcase occasion hanging within the steadiness.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have fought three wars since being carved out of the subcontinent’s partition in 1947 and that rivalry is commonly mirrored on the cricket subject.
A spokesperson for the ICC primarily based in Dubai informed the AFP information company on Tuesday they might “affirm an ICC assembly on Friday” the place the difficulty will probably be on the agenda, with out offering additional particulars.
The PCB has already rejected proposals that will permit India to play in a impartial third nation, insisting the complete schedule from February 19 to March 9 have to be staged in Pakistan.
India’s cricket board has not commented on the match.
India has not visited Pakistan since 2008, and deteriorating political ties imply the good rivals solely play one another at multiteam ICC occasions.
Pakistan travelled to India for the ICC Cricket World Cup in October and November 2023 and performed all its matches within the host nation.
Pakistan suffered a multiyear drought of matches at dwelling as groups refused to go to after a 2009 assault on the Sri Lankan cricket staff bus in Lahore. Worldwide play solely totally resumed in 2020.
When Pakistan hosted final 12 months’s Asia Cup, India’s matches had been performed outdoors the nation.
Pakistani cricket chiefs have rejected safety fears for the Champions Trophy, pointing to their current profitable internet hosting of prime groups together with Australia, England and South Africa.
The Champions Trophy would be the first ICC occasion staged in Pakistan because it co-hosted the 1996 World Cup with India and Sri Lanka. Pakistan are the defending ICC Champions Trophy holders from when it was final staged in 2017.
