Champions Trophy 2025: Pakistan Cricket Board ready to accept Hybrid Model, but places this condition before ICC
Live MintThe Pakistan Cricket Board are willing to accept a Hybrid Model for next year’s Champions Trophy and play India in Dubai if International Cricket Council, implements the same policy for all its events going till 2031, a PCB source was quoted as saying to news agency PTI. ICC has four tournaments till 2031 which are Women's ODI World Cup, men's T20 World Cup, 2019 Champions Trophy and 2031 ODI World Cup. But the real problem for ICC lies in 2025 and 2029 as India are solely hosting the Women's ODI World Cup and the Champions Trophy respectively. Friday's meeting as meant to unveil the Champions Trophy schedule but could not achieve a consensus after Pakistan once again rejected the 'Hybrid' model despite India's firm refusal to travel there owing to security concerns.