Last update:November 9, 2024, 9:50 PM IST

The BCCI has informed the ICC about the denial of permission by the Indian government to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy in 2025.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi – (Image: X/@TheRealPCB)

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is preparing to host the Champions Trophy next year. Venues are being upgraded to meet ICC standards and renovation works are in progress in different cities across the country. The PCB has been sharing videos of the stadiums that will host matches during the eight-nation tournament.

On Saturday, the PCB shared a video in which members of the PCB Board of Governors could be seen receiving a briefing on the ongoing upgrade of the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

Meanwhile, the BCCI has reportedly informed the International Cricket Council (ICC) about the Indian government’s denial of permission to travel to Pakistan for the main event.

“This is an ICC event and the BCCI has informed the global body that it will not travel to Pakistan. It will be up to the ICC to inform the host nation about the development and then finalize the tournament schedule. The convention will announce the schedule 100 days before the start of the event,” PTI quoted a BCCI source as saying.

For the BCCI to intimate to the ICC its inability to travel to Pakistan would leave the PCB with no option but to organize the Champions Trophy in the ‘Hybrid Model’. However, board president Mohsin Naqvi said in a press conference that his board had not received any official communication from the BCCI. He added that it is the prerogative of the ICC, as the main organizer, to inform Pakistan about the latest developments.

The PCB has maintained that it has not received any official communication from the global body. Naqvi, who is also Federal Home Minister in the current government, also said that if India does not travel to Pakistan, he will have to consult his government for further directives.

(With contributions from the agency)