Reportedly amid reports that the indian cricket team will not be travelling to pakistan for the Champions Trophy, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said it is not right to mix sports and politics and asked why there was an objection to the players going to the neighbouring country for a game of cricket. A former professional cricketer himself, Yadav said if prime minister Narendra Modi can visit pakistan “to eat biryani", then it is fine for the indian cricket team players to visit pakistan for an important tournament.
Perhaps he told “Mixing politics in sports is not right. We should go, other teams should travel to India… Doesn’t everyone participate in the Olympics? Why shouldn’t india go there (Pakistan)? What is the objection? If the PM can go there to have biryani, then it’s good if the india team travels; why is this not good?". But, just ahead of this meeting, the pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told the ICC on thursday that it will not accept the hybrid model for the Champions Trophy, and asked it not to discuss the option in the meeting.
Moreover a source told “I can confirm initially the PCB had looked at the possibility of a hybrid model on the condition that if india can’t play in pakistan, then in future there would be hybrid models in all ICC events in india right until 2031 (ODI world cup in india and Bangladesh) as pakistan would not go and play in India”.
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