The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have reportedly agreed for the Champions Trophy to be played in hybrid mode. This comes after them and the BCCI were embroiled in massive controversy for months regarding the hosting of the ICC event.
It all started with the BCCI not allowing the Indian team to travel to Pakistan in order to participate in the tournament and rather suggested a hybrid model for the same. At first, the PCB didn’t accept to these demands, but it has now been reported that the Pakistan board has accepted BCCI’s suggestion and India will be playing all their matches in Dubai.
According to a report in the Times of India, the PCB faced the threat of losing hosting rights of tournament. The report also claimed that PCB wants a larger share of the ICC revenue as compensation, which is unlikely to be accepted.
PCB currents gets 6 per cent less than that of BCCI’s share which accounts to 38 per cent and the ICC have already offered them a compensation which is well above the hosting fees. Even if ICC agrees to give Pakistan a bigger share, other boards might not agree to the trim their shares.
This won’t be the first time that India will not be travelling to Pakistan to participate in a big tournament. Last year, the Asia Cup was also played under a hybrid model after India refused to travel to their neighbours. India played all their matches in Sri Lanka, including the final.
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