ICC board to meet on November 29 to finalise Champions Trophy schedule
The Hindu
ICC board to meet virtually on November 29 to finalize Champions Trophy schedule in Pakistan amid India-Pakistan tensions.
The all-powerful board of the International Cricket Council will meet virtually on November 29 to finalise the much-delayed schedule of the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan in February-March next year.
The cause of the delay has been India's refusal to play in Pakistan considering the tense relations between the two countries. India has not toured Pakistan since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
The BCCI wants the tournament to be played in a hybrid model with India games scheduled in a third country, preferably UAE, something that its Pakistani counterpart has not agreed to thus far.
"The ICC board will meet on November 29 to discuss the Champions Trophy schedule," an ICC spokesperson told PTI on Tuesday (November 26, 2024).
The crucial virtual meeting takes places two days before BCCI secretary Jay Shah takes over as ICC chairman on December 1.
He and other board members would be keen to resolve the matter before the new regime takes over.
With the deadlock over the schedule and venue yet to be broken, questions have been raised against the current dispensation of the ICC including chair Greg Barclay and CEO over why it did not resolve the issue earlier and left it for the 11th hour.
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