The BCCI are refusing to accept PCB's demand that all future ICC tournaments in India are also held with a 'hybrid' model if it is implemented for Champions Trophy 2025.

There are no security threats to visiting teams in India and the tit-for-tat kind of "demand" from PCB can't be acceptable as India is set to host the 2029 Champions Trophy and co-host the 2026 T20 World Cup jointly with Sri Lanka,

Just hours after PCB accepted BCCI and ICC's demand, Akhtar also claimed the hybrid model for the Champions Trophy was already agreed upon. He urged Pakistan to maintain cordial cricketing relations with India. This claim came before it was revealed that PCB had already consented to this model well in advance.

It is yet to be decided whether such provisions are for the next three years or until the end of the current rights cycle in 2031

With the future of Champions Trophy hanging in balance, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is unlikely to accept the neutral venue formula put forward by Pakistan, Indian

The BCCI has said that the Indian cricket team won't be travelling to Pakistan, the designated hosts of the 2025 Champions Trophy, after not getting clearance

Shoaib Akhtar has now claimed that the BCCI and Virat Kohli want to play in Pakistan, as the TV and sponsorship rights would go off the roof if it happens.

Shoaib Akhtar believes India is more eager to play in Pakistan than vice versa, emphasizing that Virat Kohli is particularly keen. Despite the ICC Champions Trophy matches being relocated to Dubai for Indian teams,