No PoK cities: After BCCI protest, ICC’s schedule of Pakistan venues for Champions Trophy tour leaves out disputed region; here’s full list

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi. (PCB/Twitter)

The Global Trophy Tour for the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy kicks disconnected successful Islamabad connected Saturday, arsenic cities successful Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) recovered nary notation successful the docket unveiled by the ICC. The satellite assemblage moved successful swiftly to person them dropped from the big country’s itinerary pursuing India’s objection to PoK locations being portion of the earlier schedule.

It was reported connected Friday that PCB is learnt to person agreed to restrict the circuit to a fewer large cities aft the Board of Control for Cricket successful India had filed an objection with ICC over the determination to see PoK successful the circuit itinerary. The Trophy Tour volition present comprise Karachi, Rawalpindi and Islamabad, isolated from Abbottabad successful the Khyber Pakhtunwala Region.

“BCCI caput (Jay) Shah has objected to the PCB’s thought to clasp a Champions Trophy circuit successful PoK. The BCCI has nary occupation if the circuit is conducted successful immoderate different metropolis of Pakistan oregon adjacent successful a stadium extracurricular PoK oregon successful a mall. But they cannot clasp it successful PoK,” a BCCI authoritative told The Indian Express connected Friday.

After Islamabad, the circuit moves to Taxila and Khanpur (November 17), Abbottabad (November 18), Murree (November 19) and Nathia Gali (November 20) earlier concluding the Pakistan limb successful Karachi (November 22-25). The archetypal circuit docket included cities similar Skardu, Hunza and Muzaffarabad, which autumn successful the PoK region, a disputed territory betwixt India and Pakistan.

The landmarks wherever the trophy volition beryllium displayed connected the opening time of its circuit successful Islamabad are Daman-e-Koh, Faisal Mosque, and the Pakistan Monument wherever it volition beryllium accompanied by Shoaib Akhtar.

Pakistan are the defending champions of the event, having won the rubric astatine The Oval successful London successful 2017, defeating India successful the final.

As for this edition, India has reportedly denied travelling to Pakistan for the tournament, and the ICC is moving with PCB to find a imaginable solution to it, including hosting it successful a hybrid exemplary oregon shifting the contention retired of Pakistan, perchance the United Arab Emirates (UAE) oregon South Africa.

Full database of venues of the Trophy Tour:

16 November – Islamabad, Pakistan

17 November – Taxila and Khanpur, Pakistan

18 November – Abbottabad, Pakistan

19 November- Murree, Pakistan

20 November- Nathia Gali, Pakistan

22 – 25 November – Karachi, Pakistan

26 – 28 November – Afghanistan

10 – 13 December – Bangladesh

15 – 22 December – South Africa

25 December – 5 January – Australia

6 – 11 January – New Zealand

12 – 14 January – England

15 – 26 January – India

27 January – lawsuit starts successful Pakistan

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