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Top officials of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), including president Richard Thompson, person suggested that staging the Champions Trophy without powerhouse India is not an enactment and determination are “contingencies available” if Rohit Sharma’s squad doesn’t question to big state Pakistan.
India person not played successful Pakistan since 2008 owed to the tense relations betwixt the 2 countries and their question to the South Asian federation is solely babelike connected authorities clearance.
With the authorities improbable to springiness the BCCI support to nonstop the squad to Lahore, the Champions Trophy successful a hybrid exemplary seems the astir apt option. Like the Asia Cup past year, India tin play their matches successful a 3rd state portion the different games tin beryllium staged successful Pakistan.
The tourney volition beryllium held successful February-March.
“It would not beryllium successful cricket’s interests for India not to beryllium playing successful the Champions Trophy,” Thompson, who is successful Pakistan alongside ECB CEO Richard Gould, was quoted arsenic saying by ESPNcricinfo.
The determination connected India’s question to Champions Trophy could beryllium taken earlier existent BCCI caput Jay Shah takes complaint of the International Cricket Council successful December. Shah was elected arsenic ICC president successful August.
“It’s interesting, with Jay Shah – the erstwhile caput of the BCCI and present seat of the ICC – (who) is going to person a large relation to play successful that. There’s geopolitics, and past there’s cricketing geopolitics. I deliberation they’ll find a way. They person to find a way,” said Thompson.
ECB CEO Gould added: “If you play the Champions Trophy without India, oregon Pakistan, the broadcast rights aren’t there, and we request to support them.
“They (Pakistan) are the big nation. We’ve seen the developments going on, and we’re each waiting to recognize whether India are going to travel. That’s the key.
“We deliberation determination are immoderate discussions and relationships wherever they request to be. I cognize Pakistan are expecting India to travel. There are tons of antithetic alternatives and contingencies disposable if that doesn’t happen.” India and Pakistan play each different successful multi squad events similar the World Cup and Asia Cup.
“There are ever information concerns successful this portion of the satellite erstwhile those 2 countries play each other. That volition astir apt thrust the cardinal decisions. But I cognize relationships betwixt the 2 countries are arsenic amicable arsenic they tin beryllium astatine the moment: we saw it play retired astatine the (men’s T20) World Cup successful New York,” said Thompson.
Though apical teams person visited Pakistan recently, the state past hosted an ICC lawsuit successful 1996, erstwhile it co-hosted the ODI World Cup with India and Sri Lanka.
Thompson expects a determination connected India’s information successful the tourney would beryllium taken successful the 11th hour.
“That’s betwixt India and Pakistan, and I deliberation they volition find a mode wherever India volition enactment successful the Champions Trophy… These things thin to spell to the wire, arsenic past has shown us, truthful I deliberation that successful those [last] six months, they’ll find a way,” helium said.
The lawsuit volition diagnostic 8 teams including Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa.
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