Pakistan likely to approach Court of Arbitration over India's 'No' for Champions Trophy travel

According to sources, Pakistan is likely to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over India's refusal to travel to the Champions Trophy 2025. There has been a lot of chatter surrounding the Indian cricket team's potential participation in the competition as the two sides have not played a single bilateral series in more than a decade over political tensions. While Pakistan did travel to India for the 2023 ODI World Cup, it remains unclear whether India will travel to Pakistan in 2025 or not.

Reports suggested that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suggested a 'hybrid' theory to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) where India will play their matches in Dubai. However, PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi denied any such communication and stated that Pakistan remains adamant on the fact that no matches of the competition will be held outside the country. 

Earlier, it was reported that the BCCI had informed the International Cricket Council (ICC) that India would not be traveling to Pakistan for the competition. Both the nations have not played any bilateral series in ages and even in the ICC tournaments, the arch-rivals have met on neutral venues or in India.

"This is an ICC event and BCCI has informed the global body that it won't travel to Pakistan. It will depend on the ICC to inform the host nation about the development and then close in on the scheduling of the tournament. The convention is to announce the schedule 100 days before the commencement of the event," a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.