PCB Accused BCCI of Forcing Boards to Oppose Champions Trophy in Pakistan
Pakistan files complaint against Indian Cricket Board amid controversy over Champions Trophy. They allege that India is bribing other countries to remove competition.
Pakistan alleges that the Indian Cricket Board has offered huge sums of money to the boards of other countries. They have been informed that they will be given a share from the revenue that India gets from the ICC. Additional financial incentives have also been shown. Apart from that, the Indian board has also proposed to increase the number of matches during the bilateral series against those countries. Instead, those countries have been informed that they should stand by India's proposal to remove the Champions Trophy from Pakistan. However, they have not made any official complaint to the ICC in this regard.
A report in AnandaBazaar claims that BCCI has promised or boards more bilateral ties with India in future in lieu of opposing Champions Trophy in Pakistan. report also claims that ICC does not know about it officially. mega event is scheduled to take place in February-March next year, but as of now, re is no confirmation on this. So question still remains, will Champions Trophy eventually happen in Pakistan or will it be shifted to a different country?
The Champions Trophy is scheduled to be held in February-March next year. Pakistan is the host country so far. The promo released by the ICC Champions Trophy has Pakistan as the host country. A trophy tour has also started in that country. But the competition schedule has not been announced yet. So there is a haze.
India has made it clear that it will not play in Pakistan. They have applied to move the competition to another country. India has also requested that there be competition in hybrid models at least. But Pakistan has made it clear that this time they will not remove the competition from their own country. In this situation, Pakistan raised more allegations against India. Now let's see if ICC or India say anything about this.
The PCB has rejected the proposed ‘hybrid model', which would see India playing their matches in Dubai. It remains unclear if the BCCI is open to playing matches in Dubai.