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Compensate if India refuses to travel to Pak for CT 2025: PCB urges ICC

: The Pakistan Cricket Board urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to sign the Champions Trophy 2025 hosting rights agreements with it, stressing that the PCB should be compensated if India refuse to travel to the country citing political and security reasons. A highly reliable source in the PCB told PTI on Sunday that while the ICC has marked Pakistan as the host of the tournament, the global body is yet to sign the important hosting agreement with it. The source disclosed that PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf and COO Salman Naseer had met the ICC executive board in Ahmedabad to discuss the hosting of the Champions Trophy in Pakistan in February-March, 2025. Pakistani officials discussed the probability of the Indian board (BCCI) again refusing to send its team to Pakistan and made it clear that in any given situation the ICC must avoid taking unilateral decisions on the tournament, the source said. He said the PCB officials had told ICC that if India refuses to play in Pakistan o

ICC ban a betrayal of the nation: Sri Lanka sports minister Ranasinghe

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe on Sunday slammed Sri Lanka Cricket for bidding for a ban from the ICC, calling it a "big betrayal of the country". Ranasinghe had appointed an interim committee after sacking the governing body headed by Shammi Silva following the national team's disastrous World Cup campaign. "This is big betrayal of the country," said Ranasinghe after reading out correspondence with the ICC by Silva administration. "They were doing so to selfishly hang on to positions after audit reports had highlighted their corrupt action." Ranasinghe had appointed legendary captain Arjuna Ranatunga as the head of the seven-member interim committee. But the ICC then suspended SLC with immediate effect for government interference and Silva also managed to obtain a court order suspending the interim committee. In response to a parliamentary speech by the main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa accusing SLC of promoting the ICC for a ban, SLC said Ranasinghe was politically ...

World Cup final: ICC pitch consultant back home, BCCI monitor preparations

What will be ICC pitch consultant Andy Atkinson's future was a question floating around as the burly New Zealander was nowhere to be seen during pitch preparation 48 hours ahead of the World Cup final between India and Australia. It is learnt that Atkinson had already left the country as his assignment is already over. "Andy's assignment is over and he has gone back. Don't try to find controversy where there is none. Nowhere it is written that ICC's pitch consultant need to be present before final," a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity. Atkinson exactly isn't a favourite with BCCI brass after accusing the host nation of changing track for the semi-final between India and New Zealand from a fresh to a used one. However, the ICC later sent a clarification that there is no such rule of holding knock-out matches on a fresh track and Atkinson was apprised of the development in advance. On Friday, the two senior BCCI's chief of ground staff Ashish Bhowmick and his second in

Sri Lanka sports minister says ICC suspension of cricket board illegal

Sri Lanka's sports minister said Saturday the International Cricket Council's suspension of the nation's cricket board over political interference was illegal and that he will seek to reverse it. Minister Roshan Ranasinghe told reporters that if he can't resolve the issue through the ICC's conflict resolution arm, he will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland. Ranasinghe said the ICC's suspension was against its own rules and that the organization should have first sought the approval of the other members. The ICC suspended Sri Lanka Cricket on Friday citing political interference in its administration. Earlier this week, the ministry of sport sacked the national board over the team's poor performance at the World Cup in India. The ministry also accused the board of corruption. A court decision reversed the ministry's verdict, but it was still grounds for the ICC to take action. Sri Lanka is ninth in the World Cup standings. It still needs the remaining games to

World Cup 2023: ICC suspends Sri Lanka Cricket with immediate effect

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) was suspended by the ICC with immediate effect for showing an inability to remain autonomous in managing its affairs

ICC suspends Sri Lanka Cricket with immediate effect for govt interference

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday suspended Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) due to government interference. The Sri Lanka government had sacked the SLC following the team's disastrous show at the World Cup, where it lost seven of the nine games. SLC was reinstated by the court of appeal, thus further deepening the crisis in the country's cricket governing body. On Thursday, a joint government and opposition resolution in parliament demanded the resignation of the SLC's management. "International Cricket Council Board has suspended Sri Lanka Cricket's membership of the ICC with immediate effect," ICC said in a statement. "The ICC Board met today and determined that Sri Lanka Cricket is in serious breach of its obligations as a Member, in particular, the requirement to manage its affairs autonomously and ensure that there is no government interference in the governance, regulation and/or administration of cricket in Sri Lanka," the statement said. "The conditions of the ...

Ameya Prabhu takes over as President of Indian Chamber of Commerce

Prabhu, holds a B.Sc in Economics, Politics, and International Studies from the University of Warwick and an M.Sc in Financial Management from IE Business School, Madrid

Light show at World Cup 'dumbest idea' as they cause headache, says Maxwell

During the Australia vs Netherlands match in Delhi on Wednesday, Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell was seen covering his eyes during the light show

World Cup 2023 IND vs NZ: I disagree, says Dravid on ICC pitch ratings

Rahul Dravid said that bowling-friendly pitches cannot be called average just because there are not many fours and sixes and they test a batter's skills

China, Russia criticise Israel as disagreements with the West sharpen

Xi invited Putin to attend the third Belt and Road forum in Beijing, an international cooperation forum championed by the Chinese leader

Would like to thank IOC for support: ICC on cricket's inclusion in Olympics

ICC) Chairman Greg Barclay also said that the confirmation of the sport's inclusion in the Olympics coming during the ICC Cricket World Cup is "truly an icing on cake"

World Cup 2023: India's Shubman Gill named Player of the Month by ICC

Gil was awarded for his run-scoring feats in India's trophy-winning Asia Cup campaign and the subsequent ODI series against Australia

World Cup 2023, Ind vs Aus: ICC bans Jarvo from matches for invading pitch

Jarvo has a history of making such interruptions in cricket games. He has already been banned from English grounds for the same offence during India's tour of England

ICC World Cup: Facilitating visas for Pakistan media BCCI's duty, says ICC

The BCCI is working hard on procuring visas for the Pakistani journalists waiting to travel to India for the World Cup, the International Cricket Council said after PCB expressed its disappointment again over the delay in visa clearance for its fans and media. Around 60 Pakistani journalists are expected to make the trip across the border. Pakistan had plenty of local support for their World Cup opener against Netherlands here on Friday but no member of their media contingent or fan was present. Karachi-born Mohammad Bashir, who is a US citizen, was seen rooting for Pakistan in the stands. While the ICC is the World Cup organiser, the BCCI is hosting the ODI showpiece. This (visa) is an obligation of our host (BCCI) and they are working hard on it with our full support. Every effort is being made to get this sorted, an ICC Spokesperson told PTI. With a large number of fans expected to travel across the border, the PCB is hoping that the visas will come through before the big game

ICC World Cup: Virat Kohli requests friends not to ask for match tickets

Virat Kohli took to Instagram and posted a story asking his friends not to request him for tickets at all through the tournament

ICC names Sachin Tendulkar as Global Ambassador for ODI World Cup 2023

Sachin Tendulkar is set to walk out with the trophy ahead of the opener between England and New Zealand in Ahmedabad

Shakib Al Hasan hints at retirement after 2025 ICC Champions Trophy

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan wants to call time on his illustrious international career after the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan. He has also asserted that while he plans to retire from Tests following the forthcoming ICC Cricket World Cup in India starting next month, he is also likely to quit T20Is after the ICC T20 World Cup next year in West Indies and the United States of America. Talking to T-Sports, as reported by ESPNCricinfo, Shakib said, "The 2025 Champions Trophy for ODIs and the 2024 T20 World Cup for T20Is. Tests may be sooner. Maybe (after the World Cup)." "I will retire all at once, but I will stop playing each format one by one. I will announce my retirement after the 2025 Champions Trophy." Shakib will be leading Bangladesh during the World Cup, having also captained the side during the Asia Cup earlier this month in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It was his second stint as the unit's leader. Under him, the Tigers did make it to the Super 4 of the Asia Cup,

IndusInd Bank announces global association with ICC ahead of World Cup 2023

IndusInd Bank said that the partnership aims at driving activities and promotions for the banks' customers, employees and cricket fans

Pakistani players issued Indian visa for ICC World Cup 2023 travel

Members of the Pakistan cricket team were on Monday issued Indian visas for the ODI World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed, hours after the PCB raised serious concerns with the global body over the delay in the national team's travel to Hyderabad. The visa clearance came less than 48 hours before Pakistan's scheduled travel to India in the wee hours of September 27. They play their first warm-up game against New Zealand in Hyderabad on September 29. "Visas have been issued to Pakistan," an ICC spokesperson told PTI. However, confusion remained in the Pakistan camp over the grant of visa. "We have not got the call from Indian High Commission yet over visa clearance. Member of our team is stationed there," PCB spokesperon Umar Farooq told PTI. The confirmation from the ICC came after the PCB wrote to ICC CEO Geoff Allardice on Monday over the visa delay besides claiming the anxious wait has adversely impacted the team's preparation for the 50-over ...

WATCH: WC 2023 anthem 'Dil Jashn Bole' is out! check previous songs here

ICC said on its website that the tune aims to capture the emotions of the cricket community across the world