Champions trophy: Pakistan was in bad condition in the Champions Trophy 2025. Despite being a host, it seemed that the neighboring country is anonymous with the tournament. Rizwan’s team dropped out of the group stage and since then the Craze of Champions Trophy in Pakistan decreased. On the other hand, India traveled to the finals and defeated New Zealand in Dubai and also won the title.
In the Champions Trophy 2025, Team India played all their matches in Dubai. The hybrid model was approved even before the tournament started, but Pakistan’s cry is still going on in this matter. Apart from this, Pakistan also made a big accusation on the ICC after the final of the Champions Trophy, which has now received a reply.
What did Pakistan accuse the ICC?
After the final match played in Dubai, when ICC Chief Jai Shah was handing over the Champions Trophy to the Indian team, there was no member of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Many cricketers, including former Pak fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, expressed surprise. After the dispute escalated, Pakistan blamed it on the ICC, but now the ICC has also clarified it and has shown Pakistan.
After the final match of the Champions Trophy 2025, the ICC has given a befitting reply to Pakistan, which is creating a ruckus about the presentation ceremony. The International Cricket Council responded to the allegation, saying that the ICC had called Mohsin Naqvi, president of the Host Nation Cricket Board, for the final match. However, for some reason he could not reach here.
The ICC further said in its clarification that it invites the head, president, vice president or CEO of the host board in the presentation ceremony. Apart from these, if the rest of the board members are present in the stadium, they are not called. This is the reason why we did not call any of PCB. The ICC stressed in its statement that the ICC follows a similar instructions in its event, irrespective of it.
