ICC Meeting To Decide Fate Of Champions Trophy 2025 Postponed: Report
The ICC meeting, initially scheduled for 5 December, will now take place on Saturday. The PCB has been once again asked to consider the hubrid model to conduct the Champions Trophy.
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The meeting where the International Cricket Council (ICC) was to decide the future of the 2025 Champions Trophy has been postponed to 7 December. The Pakistan Cricket Board, the designated host for the tournament, will soon respond to the ICC with its final decision regarding the upcoming 50-over event.
As reported by India Today, the meeting, initially scheduled for 5 December, will now take place on Saturday. It has been learned that the global cricket body, during a brief discussion, has once again urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to agree to the hybrid model for the tournament.
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The ICC had earlier told the PCB that the hybrid model was the only solution after India declined to travel to Pakistan owing to security issues. On Friday, 29 November, a short virtual meeting was held with 12 full ICC members and three associate members, but no agreement was reached.
BCCI joint secretary Devajit Saikia represented India in the Board of Directors meeting on Thursday. The meet-and-greet session was actually a platform for all the like-minded cricket boards to pledge their support for the ‘Hybrid Model’ to the new ICC chair.
While the representatives from England and Wales Cricket, Cricket Australia and Cricket West Indies weren’t present in person, no one came from the Pakistan Cricket Board.
It is understood that the ICC Board members, in overwhelming numbers, are going to reject the Pakistan Cricket Board’s demands of a ‘Fusion Model’ and also no assurances will be given to Pakistan about future ICC events in India being held in the ‘Hybrid Model’.
The only thing where the PCB might get some leverage is extra compensation. Already, broadcasters have given it in writing that a Champions Trophy without India is a non-starter and an Indo-Pak group league game is also non-negotiable for them because of the revenue generated.
(With Agency Inputs)
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