PCB Rejects Hybrid Model: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made up its mind to mess with the International Cricket Council (ICC) by not agreeing to them.
PCB Rejects ICC’s Hybrid Model for Champions Trophy 2025
The PCB confirmed to the ICC on Thursday that it will not accept the ‘hybrid model’ for the Champions Trophy 2025. The PCB has also asked the world governing body not to discuss this option in the board meeting to be held on Friday.
India has made its stand clear that the Indian team will not go to Pakistan to play in the tournament due to security reasons. Regarding this, the ICC meeting is to be held on Friday 29 November, in which it will be decided how the tournament will be played.
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PCB’s Stance on the Hybrid Model
The ICC has called a digital meeting of the executive members to resolve the confusion related to the schedule of the Champions Trophy. A source was quoted by India Today as saying, “I can confirm that the PCB has told the ICC a few hours ago that the ‘hybrid model’ of the tournament is not acceptable. ”The PCB has been opposing the ‘hybrid model’ for a long time and has advised the ICC not to find any other option to organize the Champions Trophy. The Pakistan Board believes that playing in the ‘hybrid model’ would mean giving preference to India.
PCB Highlights Pakistan’s Contribution
The source further said, “I can confirm that initially if the Indian team could not play in Pakistan, then the PCB had considered the possibility of playing in the ‘hybrid model’ in this situation, but in future, all ICC tournaments to be held in India till 2031 (ODI World Cup in India and Bangladesh) will be played in the ‘hybrid model’ only, because then Pakistan will also not play in India. Another source confirmed that the PCB has also reminded the ICC to inform whether the BCCI had submitted a letter in writing from its government, stating that the Indian team was not allowed to play in Pakistan.
The source further said, “As per ICC rules, if a team says that its government is not allowing it to play in another country on any grounds, then the board has to submit its government’s instructions in writing, which we have not seen yet.” He said that PCB has acknowledged the contribution of BCCI and the Indian market in ICC’s income generation, but reminded ICC that as per the data of the last few global tournaments, Pakistan has also played a big role in ensuring revenue from its matches against India.
