With the Champions Trophy making a return to the cricket calendars with the next edition taking place in 2025, Pakistan the defending champions will also host the tournament which will take place next year. Questions have also risen on whether India would travel to Pakistan taking into account the political tensions between the two nations.
In a video posted by ANI, the vice president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Rajeev Shukla has given a brief update on the ongoing issue. He suggested that the board would only send the players over to the neighbouring nation provided that the government approves the participation.
“In the case of the Champion Trophy, we will do whatever the Government of India will tell us to do. We send our team only when the Government of India permits us. So we will go according to the decision of the Indian government,” said the BCCI vice president.
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Both India and Pakistan have not taken part in any bilateral since 2012-13 and due to the rising political tensions between the two countries, the rival nations have only met when ICC tournaments took place.
#WATCH | Delhi: On the Champion Trophy to be held in Pakistan next year, BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla said, “In the case of the Champion Trophy, we will do whatever the Government of India will tell us to do. We send our team only when the Government of India gives us… pic.twitter.com/TeA3dZ5Twn— ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2024
Pakistan had recently travelled to India for the recently concluded ODI World Cup and the two sides had clashed in the league-stage fixture at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad which the Indian team won decisively by a margin of seven wickets.
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The two sides also met earlier during the Asia Cup which was jointly hosted by Pakistan (for the first four games) and Sri Lanka for the remaining nine games. The two sides met in Sri Lanka and played each other twice.
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The two rival teams will meet in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 which is jointly hosted by the West Indies and the United States of America. India and Pakistan have been drawn in Group A and will take each other on at New York on June 9, 2024.
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