ICC to resolve destiny of Pakistan’s Champions Trophy on Friday – SUCH TV

The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) will meet this week to find out the future of subsequent yr’s Champions Trophy after India refused to play in host nation Pakistan, a spokesman mentioned on Tuesday.

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 occasion hanging within the steadiness.

A spokesman for the ICC primarily based in Dubai informed AFP 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 might enable India to play in a impartial third nation, insisting the total schedule from February 19 to March 9 should be staged on their turf.

India’s cricket board has not commented on the match.

Deteriorating political ties imply bitter rivals India and Pakistan haven’t performed a bilateral cricket sequence for over a decade — squaring off solely in ICC multi-nation occasions.

Pakistan suffered a years-long drought of matches at house as groups refused to go to after a 2009 assault on the Sri Lankan crew bus in Lahore.

Worldwide play solely totally resumed in 2020.

When Pakistan hosted final yr’s Asia Cup, India’s matches have been performed exterior the nation.

However Pakistani cricket chiefs have rejected safety fears for the Champions Trophy, pointing to their latest profitable internet hosting of high 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.