New Delhi: Former Pakistan player Basit Ali has criticised India’s reluctance to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will most likely not send its team to Pakistan for the big ICC event scheduled to be held early next year due to the political tensions between both the nations.
Basit, on his Youtube channel, commented on India’s dominance in the International Cricket Council (ICC) saying that the apex body does whatever BCCI secretary Jay Shah tells them to do. The ex-Pakistan player further claimed that all the nations are just puppets of the Indian cricket board, further saying that the PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi is being appeased with the proposal of a bilateral series against India as the Men in Blue are unlikely to travel to the country.
Most of the boards follow what Shah says
“5-6 boards jo haina dum hilate huye woh baat karenge jo Jay Shah bolenge (Those 5-6 boards just follow whatever Jay Shah says). PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has been given a lollipop. Basically, he’s been told (by other boards) that after the Champions Trophy, we (Pakistan) should play a bilateral series against India. Whether it’s in Australia or England, they’ll (other boards) convince India to play,” said Basit on his Youtube Channel.
The former Pakistan batter also stated that the money power of the Indian cricket board helps them make every cricket board speak in their favour.
“If he says the Champions Trophy will be in Pakistan, they’ll agree. If he says it’ll be a hybrid model, they’ll go with that too. It’s because when their players play in the IPL, BCCI pays their boards a huge amount whether it’s the English board, New Zealand board, West Indies board, or Australian board,” Ali stated.
Both the nations haven’t played any bilateral series since 2012-2013 due to the rise in political tensions and India’s reluctance to travel to the neighbouring nation have been frequent since then.
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