The ICC continued discussions on the Champions Trophy schedule with the taking part nations amid hypothesis that your entire event may very well be moved out of Pakistan following India’s refusal to journey to the nation, a supply stated on Tuesday. A chatter emerged that South Africa may very well be a viable various to organise subsequent 12 months’s Champions Trophy however PTI understands that no such dialogue occurred within the International Cricket Council on Tuesday. Meanwhile, it was not a shock that ICC has additionally placed on maintain the celebrated ODI event’s launch occasion, which was scheduled to be held in Lahore on November 11.
ICC, the sport’s world governing physique, has acquired a letter from the Pakistan Cricket Board, asking for a written affirmation from the BCCI for India’s incapability to journey to Pakistan for the event.
The PCB has conveyed to the ICC that safety shouldn’t be a problem within the nation which efficiently hosted England and New Zealand just lately and promised the identical for the Champions Trophy.
It remained steadfast on its stand to not have the occasion in hybrid mannequin, just like the final 12 months’s Asia Cup when India’s matches have been held in Sri Lanka. The ICC is but to reply to the PCB and was discussing the schedule with the taking part groups.
The PTI has learnt that the PCB can also be not eager to host the event exterior the nation, not even within the UAE. However the launch occasion in Lahore has been pushed again.
It was being deliberate in Lahore as per ICC administration’s briefing to the ICC CEC and ICC Board on twenty first October in Dubai. But this has now been placed on a maintain, knowledgeable an ICC insider.
South Africa not being mentioned as possibility
Notwithstanding the reviews in some sections in media that South Africa may very well be an choice to host the following Champions Trophy, this feature was nonetheless not talked about in any severe method inside the ICC, an insider monitoring the developments claimed.
The schedule shouldn’t be confirmed, ICC continues to be in discussions and dialogue with the host and taking part nations. South Africa has not been mentioned as but, the insider stated.
The PCB on Sunday had confirmed that it acquired an e mail from the ICC that India declined to journey to the neighbouring nation.
India haven’t travelled to Pakistan because the 2008 Mumbai terror strikes. The two groups compete in opposition to one another solely in ICC tournaments.
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