The anticipated schedule for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy could be finalized during 5 December’s meeting, according to the media reports. The standoff between the BCCI and the PCB over the ‘hybrid’ model has caused all the delay and fans would eagerly be hoping it ends today.
It would be interesting as all eyes will be on what model is accepted by the ICC as both PCB and BCCI are not ready on a single model. India is refusing to travel to Pakistan , the ICC started pressurising the PCB to accept the hybrid model. But, PCB was reluctant all along.
Finally, various reports are now suggesting that the PCB may have accepted the model, but are now asking for the BCCI to a ‘fusion’ model, which means even when India is hosting an ICC event, Pakistan would play their matches in Dubai as per the agreement.
According to the media reports, the BCCI is not ready to accept the ‘fusion’ model’. “A one-sided arrangement is no longer acceptable. It cannot be the case that we continue to go to India, but they do not visit Pakistan. Whatever happens, must be on the basis of equality,” PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi had said before the ICC meeting last week.
Amid all the hue and cry around the Champions Trophy, former BCCI secretary Jay Shah assumed charge as ICC Chairman. Shah became the youngest-ever ICC chairman and the PCB is nervous about it. The PCB is reportedly agreeing to the Hybrid model and is negotiating its terms with the ICC.
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