The Asia Cup concludes on September 28, along with the Indian team, refused to receive the trophy at the hands of ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi. Michael Etharton advised the ICC that until the issue is resolved, there is not much India-Pakistan game; However, BCCI officials have objected to such claims.
In the recently concluded Asia Cup 2025, there was a lot of controversy in the clash of India vs Pakistan. The 8-Team tournament concluded on September 28, in which the Indian team did not receive the trophy at the hands of ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi.
India and Pakistan met three times in the tournament, including group -stage games, Super -4 competition and Asia Cup finals. Suryakumar Yadav led by Suryakumar Yadav won all these encounters with their unilateral dominance.
Michael Etharton advises ICC to suspend India-Pakistan matches
For former English captain Michael Attarton advised the International Cricket Council that they were not solving the issue, along with controversy over the trophy row and the restrictions on the players of both sides, as well as controversial gestures that were to be extended into the ICC panel.
“If cricket was once a vehicle for diplomacy, it is now, clearly, for widespread stress and a proxy for publicity. In any case, in any case, for a serious game, for a serious game, in accordance with its economic needs to arrange a tournament’s fixtures, and now that the rivalry is being exploited in other ways, it is also less justified.”
He said, “For the next broadcasting rights cycle, stability should be transparent before the ICC events, and if both teams are not found every time, it is so,” they further said.
BCCI officials react to Atherit’s claims with stern resistance
After a sudden and unnecessary claim from the former English captain, BCCI has returned to its statements. Reacting to the claims made by Athrton, an official of the BCCI, said that such comments are easy to create, but there is no easy solution to the issue.
‘It is easy to talk about all this, but will sponsors and broadcasters agree to this? In today’s situation, if a major team, not only in India, is removed from a tournament, it would be difficult to attract the sponsors, ‘the BCCI official told the daily awareness.
Pakistan will have to clear its stand before next year’s ICC T20 World Cup 2026
After playing India four times in the year 2025, the 2025 is fully prepared to act in the ICC Champions Trophy and then three times in the Continental Championship, Asia Cup, Pakistan Team ICC T20 World Cup 2026, where they may face India again.
India and Pakistan are also found only during the multilateral tournament organized by the ICC. Therefore, leaving the bilateral out of the quotient, it turns into demand for broadcasters to determine a game between the two teams.
PCB and BCCI will have to reach the same stance before the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, before the ICC announces its program. However, Pakistan will play their matches in Sri Lanka, as they have a deal not to play on each other’s soil.
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