India Refuse To Have Host Nation Pakistan’s Title On Champions Trophy 2025 Jersey: Report

India are all set to start their marketing campaign for the Champions Trophy 2025 on February 20 towards Bangladesh. For the primary time because the 1996 ODI World Cup, an ICC event is being held in Pakistan. Nevertheless, India re not travelling to the nation owing to safety causes, and can play all their matches in Dubai. The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have been at loggerheads concerning the event being performed within the hybrid mode.

Now, the BCCI are set to take one other transfer which could upset the PCB.

In accordance with a report by IANS, a PCB official has confirmed that India don’t need the host nation Pakistan’s title on their jerseys, which is a convention that every one groups comply with throughout ICC tournaments. The PCB official additionally accused BCCI of politcising cricket. He additionally introduced up the truth that Inia refused to journey to Pakistan, and in addition refused to ship Rohit Sharma to the nation for the opening ceremony.

“BCCI is bringing politics into cricket, which isn’t in any respect good for the sport. They refused to journey to Pakistan. They do not wish to ship their captain (to Pakistan) for the opening ceremony, now there are experiences that they do not need the host nation’s (Pakistan) title printed on their jersey. We consider that the world governing physique (ICC) is not going to let this occur and assist Pakistan,” the PCB official, on situation of anonymity, stated.

India Schedule For Champions Trophy 2025

India are set to start their marketing campaign within the Champions Trophy 2025 on February 20 towards Bangladesh. They then face Pakistan in a blockbuster encounter on February 23. They tackle New Zealand of their remaining group match on March 2.

India Squad For Champions Trophy 2025

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja.