A brand new controversy has emerged surrounding the 2025 Champions Trophy, set to happen in Pakistan and the UAE in February-March. In response to the Instances of India, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has expressed issues over Indian gamers sporting jerseys that includes Pakistan’s identify through the match.
Though Pakistan is the official host of the Champions Trophy, which begins on February 19, India will play all their matches in Dubai. If India insists on excluding Pakistan’s identify from their jerseys, it will violate the ICC’s official clothes rules.
Within the 2021 T20 World Cup, Pakistan had official hosts India’s identify on their jerseys although the whole match was held within the UAE. The Males in Inexperienced did the identical through the 2016 T20 World Cup and the 2023 ODI World Cup in India.
“ICC has already accommodated India’s request to not schedule its CT matches in Pakistan, so these are minor points,” a supply instructed TOI. It’s additionally being reported that Indian captain Rohit Sharma received’t journey to Pakistan for the captains’ press convention and picture shoot.
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— ICC (@ICC) January 19, 2025
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is just not pleased with the BCCI’s contemporary calls for, particularly after they’d already agreed to conduct the Champions Trophy in a hybrid mannequin.
“The BCCI is bringing politics into cricket, which isn’t in any respect good for the sport. They refused to journey to Pakistan. They do not wish to ship their captain (to Pakistan) for the opening ceremony,” a PCB official instructed IANS on situation of anonymity.
“Now there are stories that they do not need the host nation’s (Pakistan) identify printed on their jerseys. We imagine that the world governing physique (ICC) is not going to let this occur and help Pakistan.”
In the meantime, a senior editor at ESPNCricinfo posted on X that the ICC hasn’t acquired the kits for the match.
Re the story about India group equipment not having ‘Pakistan 2025’ (as per occasion brand) on it, PCB has denied their officers spoke for the story. ICC says they have not acquired equipment up to now (and all group kits must be to ICC specs accredited as it’s an ICC occasion).
— Osman Samiuddin (@OsmanSamiuddin) January 21, 2025
The 2025 Champions Trophy will get underway on February 19 and India will play their first encounter in opposition to Bangladesh on February 20.
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