Champions Trophy without India impossible, Broadcasters tell ICC; PCB absent from ‘Hybrid Model’ meeting
Hindustan TimesThe wait for the Champions Trophy 2025 schedule grew longer as the ICC's board meeting with broadcasters Star Sports was postponed to Saturday, reported news agency PTI. Pakistan's Babar Azam, right, and India's captain Rohit Sharma walk into the field BCCI joint secretary Devajit Lon Saikia represented India in the Board of Directors meeting. Hybrid Model likely conclusion for CHampions Trophy Reports indicate that the ICC Board members are expected to largely dismiss the Pakistan Cricket Board's requests for a hybrid model, and no commitments will be made regarding future ICC events in India being held in this format. Shah met the Board of Directors, which included Bangladesh's Faruque Ahmed, New Zealand's Roger Twose, ICC chief executive officer Geoff Allardice, deputy chair Imran Khwaja, Zimbabwe's Tavengwa Mukuhlani, UAE's Mubashshir Usmani, Sri Lanka's Shammi Silva, Dr. Mohammed Abdul Samad Moosajee of South Africa and Malaysia's Mahinda Vallipuram.