The absence of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials has criticized the former senior senior players of the game at the Champions Trophy 2025 final offer ceremony.
India defeated New Zealand in the final in Dubai, blue men played all their matches at the same location after refusing to visit Pakistan’s hosts for the event of eight countries for non -specific reasons. Lahore was an alternative place for the finals when India was deprived of qualifying for it.
PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi was prominent from his absence on this occasion. Instead, India (BCCI) President Bani in the Board of Control for Cricket presented jackets to Indian players. Even the tournament director Sameer Ahmed Syed was not on the stage for the presentation ceremony, which is why the team is a complete family matter for India.
Talking on topic on the ten sports program ‘DP World Dressing Room’Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram Said“We [Pakistan] Were the hosts, were we not?
“Then why was the Chief Operating Officer or who was representing the PCB chairman, why was he absent from the stage during the ceremony? Was he not invited? It certainly seemed strange to me to sit here.”
Wasim had earlier said that according to his knowledge, the PCB chairman could not attend the final because of his illness and instead was represented by PCBCO Sameer Ahmed Syed and Director International Cricket Usman Wahela.
He added, “A Pakistani should have been on stage, even if they do not hand over the cups or medals in my opinion.”
Former Pakistan Peaceman Department Akhtar To speak “This is a strange thing I have seen [in the final]That no representative of PCB was there [at the presentation ceremony].
“Pakistan was a host, and there was no official representative, it is beyond my comprehension. Why didn’t anyone come to represent and give the trophy?
“It was a global phase and you should have been there, it [tournament] We were hosted by us but there was no one. Think about it, it is very discouraged to see, “he said.
One in PCB chairman Naqvi Post On Monday, X congratulated everyone’s collective efforts, which made the event possible in the country.
“I want to thank the PCB’s dedicated team, vigilant law enforcement agencies, auxiliary provincial governments, respected ICC officials, and all the extraordinary co -cricket teams traveling to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025, dedicated to them.”
However, he did not address the absence of PCB officials at the Podium at the last offer of the Champions Trophy.
When it arrived, the PCB refused to comment on the matter, but Reports Suggest that the board will raise the issue of COO Sameer.
The politics of this game are hanging on India’s victory in the Champions Trophy as India is the biggest financier in the game and its holding on the International Cricket Council (ICC) is unbearable. In this way, the World Organization had to accept its demands to remove its matches from Pakistan – if it was to be eligible, including the final.
After the BJP came to power in 2014, the cricketing relations between Pakistan and India refused to send their cricket teams to the neighboring country, while the former played on Indian soil in the ICC -administered world programs, including the 2023 ODI World Cup.
Since the BJP government retained its anti -cricketers’ position to send its cricketers to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy on March 9, the incident became uncertain. Finally, between the PCB and the BCCI, a two-way hybrid model reached, according to which the two countries will play their matches at future ICC events -2027-in neutral places.
Interestingly, India, which has not played a bilateral series with Pakistan since the limited overs series of 2013, has competed in all the ICC events in various places of the cricketing world.
The confused schedule of the tournament, teams are flying from Pakistan to and outside the United Arab Emirates while India is kept, it has been extremely controversial. The cricketing bravery was criticized by India for the benefit of playing in just one venue, which included both the current and the former cricketer.
South Africa batsman David Miller said “this was not an ideal situation” that his team flies to Dubai to wait for India’s semi -final rival and then fly back to Lahore in less than 24 hours.
His colleague Van Dare Dawson said the arrangements were undoubtedly beneficial for the Indian team. He added, “If you can live in one place, stay in a hotel, practice in the same facility, play in the same stadium, every time on the same pitches, this is definitely an advantage.”
Even the so -called host Pakistan had to jump on a jet to play India instead of facing them on the homeland. In both countries, the pitches are completely different. Unlike the slow and turning decks of the Dubai Stadium, the Pakistan tracks developed a large number.
