Younis urged newly appointed ICC Chairman Jay Shah to ensure that India participate in the 2025 Champions Trophy, set to be hosted in Pakistan. Uncertainty has surrounded India’s participation in the Champions Trophy due to straining political relations with its neighbours. Cricketing ties between India and Pakistan have been fraught with tension for several years […]

The Champions Trophy 2025 is set to be held in Pakistan, but due to the location of the tournament, the participation of the Indian team in the competition is uncertain. The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) made it clear that the decision is completely up to what the government decides. It is […]

Former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has backed Shubman Gill to open with skipper Rohit Sharma for India in next year’s ICC Champions Trophy. While Gill has been India’s chosen opening partner for Rohit in ODIs since early 2023, the youngster has of late been under scrutiny following a slump in form. Moreover, the young sensation […]

The ICC Champions Trophy remains precariously poised as the PCB refuses to curtail the tournament to be played in parts of Pakistan and the BCCI vehemently refuses to let the Indian team cross the border. The BCCI wants India to play either in the UAE or Sri Lanka. It has now offered to stage all […]

There was a lot of speculation as to whether India’s cricketing big guns—Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and KL Rahul—would feature in the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka, but the new leadership of the team under Gautam Gambhir has gone for a pragmatic approach. With the Champions Trophy hardly months away, the management knows the […]

India’s star batter Ishan Kishan has experienced a tumultuous year with the national team. Once a key figure in India’s ODI World Cup squad for 2023, Kishan has seen his place in the team diminish significantly. His prospects of rejoining the side appear increasingly slim with each passing series. The situation worsened when Kishan decided to […]

Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has extended a warm invitation to the Indian cricket team to participate in the upcoming Champions Trophy, scheduled for February next year in Pakistan. Malik believes that the political climate between the two nations shouldn’t overshadow the spirit of cricket. “We are very hospitable people,” Shoaib Malik emphasized. “The Indian […]

ICC has been rather proactive vis-à-vis the potential venue issues pertaining to Champions Trophy 2025, especially as far as matches involving India and Pakistan are concerned. As the tournament is scheduled to be held in Pakistan early in 2025, which means very shortly, doubts are being cast about the participation of the Indian cricket team […]

The upcoming Champions Trophy 2025 is shrouded in uncertainty as the International Cricket Council (ICC) prepares to present its budget at the annual conference in Colombo. This comes amidst lingering accusations of overspending for the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024, held in the USA and West Indies. The T20 World Cup, particularly the construction […]

Amidst ongoing speculation regarding India’s participation in the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to provide written proof from the Indian government denying permission for the team to travel across the border. The last time India toured Pakistan was […]