Champions Trophy 2025: ICC postpones emergency meeting, expected to make final decision on 30 November

The International Cricket Council (ICC) reportedly postponed board meeting that it was supposed to conduct on Friday to find a solution to the Champions Trophy venue row, with the meeting now set to take place on Saturday, 30 November. According to PTI, a consensus on the tournament’s schedule could not be achieved in the emergency meeting of the ICC’s executive board and will reconvene on Saturday.

“The Board did meet briefly today. All parties continue to work towards a positive resolution for the Champions Trophy 2025 and it is expected that the Board will reconvene on Saturday and continue to meet over the next few days,” a senior member of an ICC full member nation told PTI on Friday.

As per ESPNCricinfo, the meeting that was held virtually on Friday lasted less than 15 minutes, and the meeting was ultimately postponed to Saturday in order to give the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) more time to find a solution along with the ICC and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

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PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who was among the attendees in Friday’s virtual meeting, has continued to reject the idea of the tournament taking place in a 'Hybrid' model.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on the other hand, have refused to send the the Indian team to Pakistan due to security concerns and continue to insist on the Men in Blue playing their matches at a neutral venue.

While the PCB is expected to eventually accept hosting the tournament in a ‘hybrid’ mode given there is a lot of financial incentive at stake, the ICC could be forced to move the tournament elsewhere if chairman Naqvi refuses to budge from his stance.

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The ICC had recently moved the Women’s T20 World Cup out of Bangladesh due to political unrest in the country that led to the ouster of the government led by Sheikh Hasina, with UAE ultimately hosting the event.

The ICC had also moved the 2009 Champions Trophy out of Pakistan following the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore, with South Africa ultimately hosting the event that was won by Australia.

The ‘Hybrid’ model that the BCCI is currently pushing for, which also appears to be the likely solution, had first been implemented in last year’s Asia Cup.

The continental event was originally scheduled to be hosted entirely in Pakistan but a majority of fixtures were ultimately moved to Sri Lanka, including India’s games as well as the final.