The International Cricket Council (ICC) has refused the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to organize the Champions Trophy tour in PoK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir). News agency IANS made this claim citing a report. However, there is no official statement from ICC and PCB regarding this yet.
Earlier, PCB shared a post on its social media handle on Thursday regarding the trophy tour. PCB wrote, 'This tour will start from Islamabad on November 16. After this, he will pass through several cities and also go to PoK's Skardu, Hunza and Muzaffarabad.'
The Champions Trophy will be played in Pakistan Pakistan is scheduled to host the Champions Trophy in February 2025, but Team India has refused to travel to Pakistan.
ICC Asks BCCI – Explain the reason for not sending Team India to Pakistan The ICC has sought a written reply from the BCCI on not sending the Indian team to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. ANI quoted a report by Pakistani channel Geo News that the PCB has requested the ICC to provide a copy of India's reply.
November 12: PCB writes to ICC – Why can't Pakistan come to India? Three days ago, the Pakistan Cricket Board asked the ICC for a response regarding Team India not going to Pakistan. According to a Cricbuzz report, a PCB spokesperson said that while India and Pakistan are not coming due to security issues, teams from New Zealand, England and Australia have visited Pakistan recently. So why is Team India facing trouble?
November 09: Pakistan rejects hybrid model The BCCI wants Team India's matches to be held in the UAE or Dubai, though the PCB has already made it clear that it will not host the Champions Trophy in a hybrid model. The hybrid model means that the match against India in the Champions Trophy should be played at neutral venues and the rest of the tournament should be played in Pakistan.
India did not go to Pakistan in the Asia Cup, adopted a hybrid model
India defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final of the Asia Cup.
Last year, Pakistan hosted the Asia Cup. Even then India refused to play in Pakistan. After this the tournament was held on 'hybrid model'. The match against India was held in Sri Lanka. In the final match played in Colombo, the Indian team won the championship by defeating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets.
Last year, Pakistan came to India to play the ODI World Cup The Pakistan team came to India to play the ODI World Cup last year. Then on October 14, a match was played between India and Pakistan in Ahmedabad. The Indian team won this match by 7 wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer scored half centuries. Jasprit Bumrah became the player of the match. He took 2 wickets for 19 runs.
- India's last tour of Pakistan was in 2008: Team India last toured Pakistan in 2008. The Indian team won that series of 3 test matches 1-0. 2 matches of this series were drawn.
- Pakistan's last tour of India in 2013: Pakistan last toured India in 2012-13. In that tour, a bilateral series of 3 ODIs and 2 T-20 matches was played. Pakistan won the ODI series 2–1, while the T20 series was tied 1–1.
India has not visited Pakistan for 16 years due to the terrorist attack in Mumbai The Indian team has not toured Pakistan since 2007-08. After the terrorist attack on Mumbai in 2008, the Indian government refused to play cricket in Pakistan. Since then both teams play only in ICC and ACC tournaments. Since 2013, both teams have played 13 ODIs and 8 T20 matches at neutral venues.
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